START OF PAGE: 324 5622 Moonflower Ave Rosenberg, TX 77469 NOTICE OF [SUBSTITUTE] TRUSTEE'S SALE Assert and protect your rights as a member of the armed forces of the United States. If you or your spouse is serving on active military duty, including active military duty as a member of the Texas National Guard or the National Guard of another state or as a member of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United State.s, please send written notice of the active duty military service to the sender of this notice immediately. /37 1. Date, Time, and Place of Sale. DATE: October 6, 2026 / TIME: 01:00 PM ;eLACE: Fort Bend County Gus George Academy- Patton Hall. 1521 Eugene Heimann Circle, Richmond, Texas 77469 or if the preceding area is no longer the designated area, at the area most recently designated by the County Commissioners Court 2. Terms of Sale. The sale will be conducted as a public auction to the highest bidder for cash. Pursuant to the deed of trust, the mortgagee has the right to direct the Trustee to sell the property in one or more parcels and/or to sell all or only party of the property. Pursuant to section 50.009 of the Texas Property Code, the property will be sold in AS IS, WHERE IS condition, without any express or implied warranties, except as to the warranties of title, if any, provided for under the deed of trust. 3. Instrument to be Foreclosed. The instrument to be foreclosed is the Deed of Trust or Contract Lien dated January 26, 2024 and recorded as Instrument Number 2024007961, real property records of Fort Bend County, Texas. 4. Obligations Secured. Deed of Trust or Contract Lien executed by Stephen Joseph Roper, securing the payment of the indebtedness in the original principal amount of $449,050.00, and obligations therein described including by not limited to the promissory note; and all modifications renewals and extensions of the promissory note. Village Capital & Investment LLC is the current mortgagee of the note and deed of trust or contract lien. 5. Default. A default has occurred in the payment of indebtedness, and the same is now wholly due, and the owner and holder has requested to sell said property to satisfy said indebtedness. 6. Property to be Sold. The property to be sold is described as follows: Lot 5, Block 1, Sendero Section Nine, situated in Fort Bend County, Texas, according to the map or plat thereof recorded in Document No. 20220271, Plat Records ofFort Bend County, Texas. 7. Mortgage Servicer Information. The Mortgage Servicer is authorized to represent the Mort~e by virtue ofa servicing agreement with the Mortgagee. Pursuant to the Servicinfi'\ffie ment~d Texas Property Code § 51.0025, the Mortgage Services is authorized to collec • t an~o administer any resulting foreclosure of the lien securing the property reference&jh=('t\ vmJe Capital & Investment LLC as Mortgage Servicer, is representing the current m;: -~~~ wlwlle address is: ~~ .>· ::i> -c:::tl • ::c: -1:,,:;~ ,;,. ;¾, ~ . f TX NOS 26-23575 FCOI 1111111111111111111111111~ 11111 1111111111111 4885707 a .. u, .r;.­ Page I of2 r.c-lril c:-::::, 11 ., ~ START OF PAGE: 325 i 5622 Moonflower Av,: Rosenberg, TX 77469 2460 Paseo Verde Parkway Suite 110 Henderson, Nevada 89074 8. Appointment of Substitute Trustee. In accordance with Texas Property Code Sec. 51.0076, the undersigned authorized agent for the mortgage servicer has named and appointed, and by these presents does name and appoint Jennifer Hooper, Agency Sales and Posting, LLC, whose address is c/o Brock & Scott, 4225 Wingren Drive, Suite 105, hving, TX 75602, Substitute Trustee to act under and by virtue of said Deed of Trust. 9. Limitation of Damages. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be enti tied only to a return of the funds paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee's attorney. THIS INSTRUMENT APPOINTS THE SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE(S) IDENTIFIED TO SELL fflE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE SECURITY INSTRUMENT IDENTIFIED IN THIS NOTICE OF SALE. mE PERSON SIGNING THIS NOTICE IS THE ATTORNEY OR AUTHORIZED AGENT OF THE MORTGAGEE OR MORTGAGE SERVICER. Date: 8/26/2026 Certificate of Posting Iam ___________ whose address is ______________ .. I declare under penalty of perjury that on ___________ I filed this Notice of [Substitute] Trustees Sale at the office of the Fort Bend County Clerk and caused it to be posted at the location directed by the Fort Bend County Commissioners Court. Declarant's Name: ___________ _ Date: _______________ _ Tit NOS 26-23575 FCOI Pagc::tof2 13?