26-441893 Notice of Substitute Trustee's Sale 2026 OcT - | AM 8 01 Notice Concerning Military Duty: 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 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 States, please send written notice of the active duty military service to the @ sender of this notice immediately. Tex. Prop. Code § 51.002(i) Deed of Trust Date: December 5, 2023 Original Mortgagor/Grantor: ‘Original Beneficiary / Mortgagee: Mortgage Current Beneficiary / Mortgagee: PLANET HOME Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as beneficiary, as | LENDING, LLC nominee for SFMC LP dba Service First Mortgage Company, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Recorded in: Property County: ROCKWALL Volume: n/a Page: na Instrument No: 20230000020596 Mortgage Servicer: Planct Home Lending, LLC Mortgage Servicer’s Address: 321 Research : Parkway, Meriden, CT 06450 * The mortgage servicer is authorized to represent the Mortgagee by virtuc of a servicing agreement with the Mortgagee. Pursuant to the Servicing Agreement and Texas Property Code § 31,0025, the Mortgage Servicer ts authorized to collect the debt and to administer any resulting foreclosure of the property securing the ubove referenced loan. Secures: Note in the original principal amount of $432,352.00, executed by JOSHUA JAMES ELLIS and payable to the order of Lender. Property Address/Mailing Address: 7158 HELENA HILL, ROYSE CITY, TX 75189 Legal Description of Property to be Sold: LOT 22, IN BLOCK C, OF WATERSCAPE-PHASE 3A, AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF ROYSE CITY, ROCKWALL COUNTY, TEXAS, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF RECORDED UNDER COUNTY CLERK’S FILE NO. 20220000023117, OF THE OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS OF ROCKWALL COUNTY, TEXAS. Place of sale of Property: THE AREA IMMEDIATELY OUTSIDE ON THE FRONT STEPS OF THE ROCKWALL COUNTY COURTHOUSE, LOCATED AT 1111 YELLOWJACKET LANEIN ROCKWALL, ROCKWALL COUNTY, TEXAS, OR IF THE PRECEDING AREA IS NO LONGER THE DESIGNATED AREA, AT THE AREA MOST RECENTLY DESIGNATED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT OR AS DESIGNATED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE OR IN THE AREA DESIGNATED BY THE COMMISSIONER’S COURT, PURSUANT TO SECTION 51.002 OF THE TEXAS PROPERTY CODE The Substitute Trustee will sell the property by public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the place and date specified, The sale will begin at the earliest time stated above or within three (3) hours after that time. Appointment of Substitute Trustee: Default has occurred in the payment of the Note and in the performance of the obligations of the Deed of Trust, the same is now wholly duc. Because of that default, PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC, the owner and holder of the Note, has requested JEFF BENTON, BRANDY BACON, JACK BECKMAN, BRENDA WIGGS, GUY WIGGS, DAVID STOCKMAN, DONNA STOCKMAN, JANET PINDER, MICHELLE SCHWARTZ, JAMIE DWORSKY, ANGELA BROWN, LESLIE SHULER, BONNY MOUNGER, ROBIN SHELTON WHOSE ADDRESS IS 1320 GREENWAY DRIVE, SUITE 300, IRVING, TX 75038 OR TEJAS CORPORATE SERVICES, LLC WHOSE ADDRESS IS 14800 LANDMARK BLYD., SUITE 850, DALLAS, TX HAV OUOM AMOUNT ULL  75254, to sell the property. The Trustee(s) has/have been appointed Substitute Trustee in the place of the original trustee, in the manner authorized by the deed of trust. Terms of Sale: The Foreclosure Sale will be conducted as a public auction and the Property will be sold to the highest bidder for cash, except that PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC bid may be by credit against the indebtedness secured by the lien of the Deed of Trust. Pursuant to scction 51.009 of the Texas Property Code, the Property will be sold "AS IS,” without any expressed or implied warranties, except as to the warranties (if any) provided for under the Deed of Trust. Prospective bidders are advised to conduct an independent investigation of the nature and physical condition of the Property. Pursuant to section 51.0075(a) of the Texas Property Code, JEFF BENTON, BRANDY BACON, JACK BECKMAN, BRENDA WIGGS, GUY WIGGS, DAVID STOCKMAN, DONNA STOCKMAN, JANET PINDER, MICHELLE SCHWARTZ, JAMIE DWORSKY, ANGELA BROWN, LESLIE SHULER, BONNY MOUNGER, ROBIN SHELTON WHOSE ADDRESS IS 1320 GREENWAY DRIVE, SUITE 300, IRVING, TX 75038 OR TEJAS CORPORATE SERVICES, LLC WHOSE ADDRESS IS 14800 LANDMARK BLVD., SUITE 850, DALLAS, TX 75254, Trustee reserves the right to set further reasonable conditions for conducting the Foreclosure Sale. Any such further conditions shall be announced before bidding is opened for the first sale of the day held by JEFF BENTON, BRANDY BACON, JACK BECKMAN, BRENDA WIGGS, GUY WIGGS, DAVID STOCKMAN, DONNA STOCKMAN, JANET PINDER, MICHELLE SCHWARTZ, JAMIE DWORSKY, ANGELA BROWN, LESLIE SHULER, BONNY MOUNGER. ROBIN SHELTON WHOSE ADDRESS IS 1320 GREENWAY DRIVE, SUITE 300, IRVING, TX 75038 OR TEJAS CORPORATE SERVICES, LLC WHOSE ADDRESS IS 14800 LANDMARK BLYVD., SUITE 850, DALLAS, TX 75254, Trustee. Limitation of Damages: If the sale is set aside for any reason, the purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the funds paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s attorney. SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE JEFF BENTON, BRANDY BACON, JACK BECKMAN, BRENDA WIGGS, GUY WIGGS, DAVID STOCKMAN, DONNA STOCKMAN, JANET PINDER, MICHELLE SCHWARTZ, JAMIE DWORSKY. ANGELA BROWN, LESLIE SHULER, BONNY MOUNGER, ROBIN SHELTON OR Tejas Corporate Services, LLC, Trustee c/o Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC, 13010 Morris Rd., Suite 450, Alpharetta, GA 30004; PH: (470)321-7112