START OF PAGE: 102 NOTICE Of SJIQSIJJJITE IBJ!SJEE SALE I Deed of Trust Date: Granlor(s)/Mortgagor(s): '28/2019 DERRICK WATSON AND CLAUDACE WATSON, A MARRIED COUPLE uriginal Beneficiary/Mortgagee: Current Beneficiary/Mortgagee: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. Guild Mortgage Company LLC ("MERS") SOLELY AS A NOMINEE FOR GUILD MORTGAGE COMPANY, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION. ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS Recorded in: Property County: Volume: N/A FORT BEND Page: N/A Instrument No: 2019097745 Mortgage Servicer: Mortgage Servicer's Address: Guild Mortgage Company LLC is representing the Current 5887 Copley Drive, Beneficiary/Mortgagee under a servicing agreement with the current San Diego, CA 92111 Beneficiary/Mortgagee. I Date of Sale: 8/4/2026 J Earliest Time Sale Will Beein: 1:00 PM Place of Sale of Property: Gus George Academy. 1521 Eugene Heimann Circle. Richmond, TX 77469 OR IN THE AREA DESIGNATED BY TI-IE COMMISSIONER'S COURT. PURSUANT TO SECTION 51.002 OF TI-IE TEXAS PROPERTY CODE. Legal Dmrlpdon: LOT 7, BLOCK 5, OF SOtITHERN COLONY SECTION 4A, A SUBDMSION IN FORT BEND COUNTY. TEXAS, ACCORDING TO mE MAP OR PLAT TIIEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT NO 20180188, OF nm PLAT RECORDS OF FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS In accordance wilh i'EX. PROP CODE §51 .0076 and the Deed of Trust referenced above, the undersigned as attorney for Mortgagee or Mortgage Servicer docs hereby remove the original Trustee and all successor substitute trustees and appoints in their stead, Auction.com, LLC, Sandy Dasigenis, Jeff Leva, Steve Leva, Amar Sood or Patr1c1a Poston, Cole Patton, Myra Homayoun, Thuy Frazier, McCarthy & Holthus, LLP, as Substitute Trustee, who shall hereafter exercise all powers and dubes set aside to the said original Trustee under there Sllld Deed of Trust; and, funhcr, does hereby request, nuthonze. and mstmct said Substitute Trustee to conduct and direct the execution of remedies set aside to the beneficiary therein The Substitute Trustee will sell the property by pubhc auctmn to the highest bidder for cash at the place and date specified. The sale will begin at the earliest time stated above or v..ithm three (3) hours after that time. The Property will be sold ~As IS," without any express or implied warranties, except as to warranues of title, and at lhe purchaser's o,\n risk, pursuant to lhc lemls of .;x PROP CODE §S 1.002 and §51.009 Prospective bidders arc advised to conduct an independent invest1gat10n of the nature and physical condition of the Property .,~bstitutc Trustee reserves the right to set further reasonable conditions for conducting the public auction. Any such further conditions shall be announced before b1ddmg is opened for the first sale of the day held by Substitute Trustee. TIIIS INSTRUI\IENT APPOINTS TIIE SUBSTITUTE TRUSTEE(S) IDENTIFIED TO SELL THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE SECURITY INSTRUMENT IDEl\'TIFIED JN THIS NOTICE OF SALE. TIIE PERSON SIGNING THIS NOTICE IS THE ATIORNEY OR AUTHORIZED AGENT OF THE MORTGAGEE OR I\IORTGAGE SERVICER. NOTICE PURSUANT TO TEX. PROP. CODE § Sl.002(1): ASSERT AND PROTECT YOUR RIGHTS AS MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF TIIE UNITED STATES, IF YOU OR YOUR SPOUSE ARE SERVING ON ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY, INCLUDING ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY AS A MEMBER OF THE TEXAS NATIONAL OR THE NATIONAL GUARD OF ANOTHER ST ATE OR AS A MEMBER OF A RESERVE COl\lPONE1''T OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, PLEASE SEND WRI'ITEN NOTICE OF THE ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY SERVICE TO THE SENDER OF THIS NOTICE IMMEDIATELY. Dated. 6/912026 Cole Patton, Attorney McCarthy & Holthus, LLP t;z_ 1255 West 15th Street, Suite 1060 Plano, TX 75075 Attorneys for Guild Mortgage Compan)' LLC ;m File Number: TX-26-129898-POS .-oan Type: Fl IA Dated 6/11/2026 SANDY DASIGENIS Suli n rustc c/o Auction.com 1255 West I Sth Street. Suite I 060 Plano, TX 7S07S hups //sales.mccnnhvhollhus Cl'nl/ ... ~ ....... 0-.. c_ § \.0 c.n ii, r n1 ~ iL-.-