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. 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 Branch County, starting promptly at 10:00 AM on FEBRUARY 26, 2026. 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. Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Andrew J. Bigelow, a married man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for AmeriFirst Financial Corporation, Mortgagee, dated September 14, 2017 and recorded September 22, 2017 in Instrument Number 2017-06521 Branch County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC, by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Fifty-Four Thousand Six Hundred Ninety-Five and 81/100 Dollars ($54,695.81). Under the power of sale contained in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by a sale of the mortgaged premises, or some part of them, at public vendue at the place of holding the circuit court within Branch County, Michigan at 10:00 AM on FEBRUARY 26, 2026. Said premises are located in the City of Coldwater, Branch County Michigan, and are described as: Lot Number 5 of Lorenzo D. Halstead Addition, being in the Fourth Ward, formerly Third Ward, of the City of Coldwater, according to the plat recorded in Liber 1 of Plats on Page 39, Branch County Registers Office, EXCEPT the East 27 feet in width thereof as conveyed to Caleb Ingalls by Deed recorded in Liber 39 on Page 560, Branch County Records 24 North Fremont Street, Coldwater, Michigan 49036 The redemption period shall be 6 months from the date of such sale, unless determined abandoned in accordance with MCLA §600.3241a, in which case the redemption period shall be 30 days from the date of such sale. If the property is sold at foreclosure sale, pursuant to MCL 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 damage to the property during the redemption period. Dated: January 27, 2026 File No. 26-000051 Firm Name: Orlans Law Group PLLC Firm Address: 1650 West Big Beaver Road, Troy MI 48084 Firm Phone Number: (248) 502.1400   1582956 (01-27)(02-17)  Invoice Date: 02/17/2026