NORTH CAROLINA MADISON COUNTY Special Proceedings No. 25 SP 34 Substitute Trustee: Philip A. Glass   NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE   Date of Sale: October 14, 2025 Time of Sale: 11:30 a.m. Place of Sale: Madison County Courthouse Description of Property: See Attached Description Record Owners: John Connelly Address of Property: 36 Conway Ave., Hot Springs, NC 28743 and commonly known as 39 Conway Ave. Hot Springs, NC 28743 Deed of Trust: Book : 612 Page: 733 Dated: July 19, 2016 Grantors: John Connelly, unmarried Original Beneficiary: State Employees' Credit Union   CONDITIONS OF SALE: This sale is made subject to all unpaid taxes and superior liens or encumbrances of record and assessments, if any, against the said property, and any recorded leases. This sale is also subject to any applicable county land transfer tax, and the successful third party bidder shall be required to make payment for any such county land transfer tax. The property to be offered pursuant to this Notice of Sale is being offered for sale "AS IS, WHERE IS." THERE ARE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES relating to the title or to any physical, environmental, health or safety conditions existing in, on, at or relating to the property being offered for sale, and any and all responsibilities or liabilities arising out of or in any way relating to any such condition are expressly disclaimed. A cash deposit of 5% of the purchase price will be required at the time of the sale. Remote bidding will not be accepted pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes Section 45-21.25 (a). Credit bids on behalf of the Noteholder will be accepted. Any successful bidder shall be required to tender the full balance of the purchase price so bid in cash or certified check at the time the Substitute Trustee tenders to him a deed for the property or attempts to tender such deed, and should said successful bidder fail to pay the full balance purchase price so bid at that time, he shall remain liable on his bid as provided for in North Carolina General Statutes Section 45-21.30 (d) and (e). This sale will be held open ten (10) days for upset bids as required by law. Residential real property with less than 15 rental units, including single-family residential real property: an order for possession of the property may be issued pursuant to G.S. 45-21.29 in favor of the purchaser and against the party or parties in possession by the clerk of superior court of the county in which the property is sold. Any person who occupies the property pursuant to a rental agreement entered into or renewed on or after October 1, 2007, may, after receiving notice of sale, terminate the rental agreement by providing written notice of termination to the landlord, to be effective on a date stated in the notice that is at least 10 days, but not more than 90 days, after the sale date contained in the notice of sale, provided that the mortgagor has not cured the default at the time the tenant provides the notice of termination. Upon termination of a rental agreement, the tenant is liable for rent due under the rental agreement prorated to the effective date of the termination.   Dated: 9/9/25 Philip A. Glass, Substitute Trustee Nodell, Glass & Haskell, L.L.P. Posted on 9/9/25 EXHIBIT “A”   BEGINNING in the northern margin of Conway Street, the southernmost corner of Sumerel in Deed Book 80, Page 56, and also being the most westerly corner of property described in Deed Book 102, Page 297, and also being the same beginning point as in a deed described in Deed Book 102, Page 297; thence with the line of Sumerel in Deed Book 80, Page 56, and with a rock wall, North 55 deg. 47 min. East 100.00 feet to a concrete nail set in a wall; thence with the line of Sumerel in Deed Book 87, Page 234, South 41 deg. 20 min. East 58.71 feet; thence with a new line of Troy S. Harrison, South 06 deg. 40 min. West 101.45 feet to the beginning corner of Deed Book 120, Page 560, and also being in the northern margin of Conway Street; thence with the northern margin of Conway Street, North 41 deg. 20 min. West 50.00 feet to the point and place of BEGINNING. BEING ALSO all of the property described in that deed recorded in Book 362, Page 559, Madison County Registry. Subject to easements, restrictions and rights of way of record, and utility lines and rights of way in existence over, under or upon the above described property. PIN: 8860-60-5778 Property Address: 36 Conway Ave. Hot Springs, NC 28743 and commonly known as 39 Conway Ave. Hot Springs, NC 28743 October 1, 8, 2025 11661408