START OF PAGE: 205 NOTICE OF ACCELERATION AND NOTICE OF TRUSTEE'S SAT,E -Assert and protect your rights as a member of the armed forces of the United States. If you are or your spouse is serving on active military duty, including active military duty as a member of the 'D!xas National Guard or the National Guard of another state or as a member of a :reserve component of the anned forces of the United States, please send written notice of the active duty military service to the sender of this nodce immediately. DEED OF TRUST INFQRMATIQN: Date: Grantor(s): Original Mortgagee: Original Principal: Recording Information: Property County: Property: Property Address: October 14, 2021 KENDRICK SLATER, AMARRIBD PERSON, AND CHRISONIA N SLATER MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR V.LP. INDEPENDENT MORTGAGE, INC. $299.000.00 2021175543 FortBend LOT TWENTY-SEVEN (27), IN BLOCK TWO (2), OF SUNRISE BAY AT LAKE OLYMPIA SECI'ION TWO (2), A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, 'IEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN SLIDE NO. 1295/A OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COl.JNn TEXAS. 4607 Rainbow Valley Court Missouri City, TX "459 MORTGAGE SERVICING INFORMATION: The Mortgage Servic~ if not the Current Mortgagee, is representing the Current Mortgagee pursuant to a Mortgage Servicing Agreement. Cmrent Mortgagee: Mortgage Servicer: Mortgage Servicer Address: V.I.P. MORTGAGE, INC. Servbank, N.A. 3138 E. Elwood Street Phoenix, AZ 85034 SALE INFORMATION: Date of Sale: nme of Sale: Place of Sale: Substlblte Trustee: Substitute Trustee Address: October &i, 2026 1:00 PM or within three hours thereafter. . Gus George Academy, 1S21 Eugene Heimann Circle, Richmond, TX 77469 or, if tile preceding area is no longer the designated area, at the area most recently des.ignated by the County Commissioner's Court. Auction.com, LLC, and Padgett Law Group, any to act 546 Silicon Dr., Suite 103, Southlake» TX 76092 '.FILED FOR R~f.~~f;.;? NO~ TIME • P.M: PLG File Number: 26-003176-4 AUG 2 0 2026 ~ 1 ~~ County Clerk Fort Bend Co. Texas / START OF PAGE: 206 APPOINTMENT OF SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE: THIS INSTRUMENf APPOINTS THE SUBSTITIITE TRUSTEE(SJ IDENTIFIED m SELL TIIE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE SECURITY INSTRUMENT IDENTIFIED IN TIHS NOTICE OF SALE THE PERSON SIGNING THIS NOTICE IS THE ATTORNEY OR AUTHORIZED AGENT OF THE MORTGAGEE OR MORTGAGE SERVICER. The undersigned is the attorney for the mortgagee and/or mortgage servicer, and in such capacity does hereby remove the original trustee and all successor substitute trustees under the above-desaibed Deed of Tolst and appoints in their place, any to act, those substitute trustees identified in the SALE INFORMATION section of this notice, whose address is do Padgett Law Group, 546 Silicon Dr., Suite 103, Southlake, TX 76092 as Substitute Trustee, who shall hereafter exercise all powers and duties to set aside the said original trustee under said Deed of Trust, and further does hereby request, authorize, and instruct said Substitute Trustees to conduct and direct the execution of remedies set aside to the beneficiary therein. WHEREAS, the above-named Grantor(s) previously conveyed the above-desaibed property in trust to secure payment of the Note set forth in the above-desaibed Deed of Trust; and WHEREAS, a default under the Note and Deed of Trust was declared, such default was reponed to not have been cured, and all sums secured by such Deed of 'Ihlst are declared immediately due and payable. WHEREAS, the original 'I'rustee and any previously appointed Substitute Trustee under said Deed of 1hlst has been hereby removed and the herein desaibed Substitute Trustees, have been appointed as Substitute Trustees and authorized by the Mortgage Servicer to enforce the power of sale granted in the Deed of 1iust; and WHEREAS, the undersigned law firm has been requested to provide these notices on behalf of the Current Mortgagee, Mortgage Servicer and Substitute 'Ilustees; NOW, TIIEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN of the foregoing matters and that: 1. The maturity of the Note is hereby accelerated, and all sums secured by the Deed of liust are declared to be immediately due and payable. 2. The herein appointed Substitute Trustees, any to act, as Substitute Trustee will sell the Property to the highest bidder for cash on the date, at the place, and no earlier than the time set forth above in the Sale lnformatl.on section of this notice. The sale will begin within three hours after that time. 3. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN"), a bureau of the U.S. Department of '.li"easu,y, now requires the collection, certifi.cation and reporting of certain information relating to non-financed transfers of real property to legal entities and/or trusts, which such information the successful bidder(s) shall be expected to provide to the auctioneer at the time of the subject sale. Interested bidders with questions regarding the necessary information to be provided are hereby directed, generally, to FinCEN's website and, more specifi.cally to the FinCEN Real Estate Report located in the forms bank thereof. 4. This sale shall be subject to any legal impediments to the sale of the Property to any exceptions referenced in the Deed of Trust or appearing of record to the extent the same are still in effect and shall not cover any property that has been released from the lien imposed by the Deed of Trust. 5. No warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to the implied WaITanties of merchantability and fitness for the particular pwpose shall be conveyed at the sale, save and except the Grantor's warranties specifically autho:rized by the Grantor in the Deed of 'Jiust. Toe property shall be sold "AS-IS", purchaser's will buy the property "at the purchaser's own risk" and "at his peril" and no representation is made concerning the quality or nature of title to be acquired. Purchasers will receive whatever interest Grantor and Grantor's assigns have in the property, subject to any l1ens or interest of any kind that may survive the sale. Interested persons are encouraged to consult counsel of their choice prior to participating In the sale of the property. 6. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of PLG File Number: 26-003176-4 2 START OF PAGE: 207 the funds paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recomse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee. the Mortgagee's Attorney, or the duly appointed Substin.tte Trustee. Padgett Law Group, LLC CERTIFICATE OF POSTING My name is Jeff Leva and my address ls clo Padgett Law Group, 546 Silicon Dr., Suite 103, Southlake, TX 76092. 1 declare under penalty of perjury that on 08/20/2026 , I filed at the office of the Fort Bend County Clerk to be posted at the Fort Bend County courthouse this notice of sale. Declarant's Name: Jeff Leva Date: 08/20/2026 Padgett Law Group 546 Silicon Dr., Suite 103, Southlake, TX 76092 (850) 422-2520 WITNESS MY HAND this ___ day of _______ __, __ __, PLG File Number: 26-003176--4 3 87