NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE BY ADVERTISEMENT. Notice is given under section 3212 of the revised judicature act of 1961, 1961 PA 236, MCL 600.3212, that the following mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at a public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash or cashier’s check at the place of holding the circuit court in HILLSDALE County, starting promptly at 10:00 AM, on September 26, 2025. The amount due on the mortgage may be greater on the day of the sale. Placing the highest bid at the sale does not automatically entitle the purchaser to free and clear ownership of the property. A potential purchaser is encouraged to contact the county register of deeds office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge a fee for this information. MORTGAGE INFORMATION: Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Amy Smith f/k/a Amy Mault and Larry Smith, as wife and husband, whose address is 6551 Tripp Road, Osseo, Michigan 49266, as original Mortgagors, to STATE FARM BANK, F.S.B., being a mortgage dated January 31, 2005, and recorded on February 22, 2005 in Liber 1194 Page 728, Hillsdale County Records, State of Michigan and assigned by said mortgagee through mesne assignments to MEB Loan Trust II, as assignee as documented by an assignment dated May 21, 2021 and recorded on June 8, 2021 in Liber 1797 Page 835, Hillsdale County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR AND 84/100 DOLLARS ($24,444.84). Said premises are situated in the Township of Jefferson, County of Hillsdale, State of Michigan, and are described as: A PARCEL OF LAND IN THE NORTH ONE HALF, OF THE NORTH ONE HALF, OF THE SOUTHWEST ONE QUARTER OF SECTION 26, TOWNSHIP 7 SOUTH, RANGE 2 WEST, JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP, HILLSDALE COUNTY, MICHIGAN, DESCRIBED AS: COMMENCING AT THE WEST ONE-QUARTER CORNER OF SECTION 26, THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION 26, 240 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING: THENCE EAST 2200 FEET: THENCE SOUTH 200 FEET THENCE WEST 2200 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION 25; THENCE NORTH ALONG THE WEST LINE SAID SECTION 26; 200 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Street Address: 6551 Tripp Road, Osseo, Michigan 49266 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless the property is determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA § 600.3241a in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of the sale. If the property is sold at a foreclosure sale under Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, pursuant to MCLA § 600.3278, the borrower will be held responsible to the person who buys the property at the mortgage foreclosure sale or to the mortgage holder for damaging the property during the redemption period. THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ATTENTION HOMEOWNER: IF YOU ARE A MILITARY SERVICE MEMBER ON ACTIVE DUTY, IF YOUR PERIOD OF ACTIVE DUTY HAS CONCLUDED LESS THAN 90 DAYS AGO, OR IF YOU HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO ACTIVE DUTY, PLEASE CONTACT THE ATTORNEY FOR THE PARTY FORECLOSING THE MORTGAGE AT THE TELEPHONE NUMBER STATED IN THIS NOTICE. Dated: August 28, 2025 For more information, please contact the attorney for the party foreclosing: Robert A. Blumberg (P87490), Johnson, Blumberg, & Associates, LLC, 5955 West Main Street, Suite 509, Kalamazoo, MI 49009. Telephone: (312) 541-9710. File No.: MI 25 6640   1570549 (08-28)(09-18)   Invoice Date: 09/18/2025