START OF PAGE: 98 NOTICE OF ACCELERATION AND NOTICE OF TRlJSTEE'S SALE 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 'Iexas 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 notice imme~ately. DEED OF TRUST INFORMATION: Date: August 30, 2016 Grantor( s ): Felix Lorenzo Ford and Carleen Marie Ford, as husband and wife Original Mortgagee: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems,, Inc., as nominee for Top One Mortgage, LLC Original Principal: Recording Information: Property County: $413,600.00 2016096690 FortBend Property: LOT ONE (1), IN BLOCK ONE (1), OF CRYSTAL LAKE ESTATES, REPLAT NO. 1, A SUBDIVISION IN FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED IN PLAT NO(S). 20120062 OF THE PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS. Property Address: 6002 Crystal Water Drive Richmond, TX 77406 MORTGAGE SERVICING INFORMATION: The Mortgage Servicer, if not the Current Mortgagee, is representing the Current Mortgagee pursuant to a Mortgage Servicing Agreement. Current Mortgagee: NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing Mortgage Servicer: Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing Mortgage Servicer 75 Beattie Place Address: Greenville, SC 29601 SALE INFORMATION: I Date of Sale: September 1., 2026 Time of Sale: 1:00 PM or within three hours thereafter. Place of Sale: Gus George Academy, 1521 Eugene Heimann Circle, Richmond., TX 77469 or, if the preceding area is no longer the designated area, at the area most recently designated by the County Commissioner's Court. Substitute Auction.com, LLC, and Padgett Law Group, any to act Trustee: Substitute Trustee Address: 546 Silicon Dr., Suite 103 Southlake, TX 76092 PLG File Number: 26-004021-5 FILED FOR Rg~?r; NO_TIME • • .. 'f}..../ JUL 1 6 2026 ffe. ~~ County Clerk Fort Bend Co. Texas 1 START OF PAGE: 99 APPOINTMENT OF SUBSTITU'IE TRUSTEE: nns INSTRUMENT APPOINTS THE SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE(S) IDENTIFIED m SELL nm PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE SECURITY INSTRUMENT IDENTIFIED IN IBIS NOTICE OF SALE THE PERSON SIGNING THIS NOTICE IS THE ATIORNEY OR AUIHORIZED AGENT OF THE MORTGAGEE OR MORTGAGE SERVICER, The undersigned is the attorney for the mortgagee and/or mortgage s~cer, and in such capacity does hereby remove the original trustee and all successor substitute trustees under the above-desaibed Deed of Trust and appoints in their place, any to act, those substitute trustees identified in the SALE INFORMATION section of this notice, whose address is c/o 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 'Ihlst, and further does hereby request, authorize, and instruct 5¢.d 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-described property in trust to secure payment of the Note set forth in the above-described Deed of 1iust; and WHEREAS, a default under the Note and Deed of 'Ihlst was declared, such default was reported to not have been cured, and all sums secured by such Deed of Trust are declared immediately due and payable. WHEREAS, the original 'Ii:ustee and any previously appointed Subsµtute 1iustee under said Deed of 'Ii'ust has been hereby removed and the herein described 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 Toist; and WHEREAS, the undersigned law firm has been requested to provic:le these notices on behalf of the CU1Tent Mortgagee, Mortgage Servicer and Substitute 'Irustees; NOW, THEREFORE, 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 Trust are declared to be immediately due and payable. 2. The herein appointed Substitute 'Ii:ustees, 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 Information section of this notice. The sale will begin within three homs after that time. 3. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FlnCEN"), a bureau of the U.S. Department of Ireasury, now requires the collection, certification 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 specifically 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 warranties of merchantability and fitness for the particular purpose shall be conveyed at the sale, save and except the Grantor's warranties specifically authorized by the Grantor in the Deed of Trust The 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 liens or interest of any kind that may survive the sale. Interested persons are encouraged to consult counsel of their choice prior to partidpatinS 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: 26-004021-5 2 START OF PAGE: 100 the funds paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, the Mortgagee's Attorney, or the duly appointed Substitute Trustee. Padgett Law Group, LLC CERTIFICATE QF POSTING My name is Jeff Leva and my address, is c/o Padgett Law Group, 546 Silicon Dr., Suite 103, Southlake, TX 76092. I declare under penalty of perjmy that on 07/16/2026 , 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: 07/16/2026 Padgett Law Group 546 Silicon Dr., Suite 103, Southlake, TX 76092 (850) 422-2520 WITNESS MY HAND this ___ day of _______ __, ___ , PLG File Number: 26-004021-5 3