6031 East H Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI 49048

Public Foreclosure 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 KALAMAZOO County, starting promptly at 10:00 AM, on September 3, 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. MORTGAGE INFORMATION: Default has been made in the conditions of a certain mortgage made by Micheal Lewis Paddock, single man, whose address is 6031 East H Avenue, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49048, as original Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Gold Star Mortgage Financial Group, Corporation, being a mortgage dated May 24, 2019, and recorded on June 5, 2019 with Document Number 2019-015518, Kalamazoo County Records, State of Michigan and then assigned to NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, as assignee as documented by an assignment dated May 5, 2020 and recorded on May 12, 2020 and given document number 2020-014797 in Kalamazoo County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of ONE HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE THOUSAND NINETY-ONE AND 93/100 DOLLARS ($195,091.93). Said premises are situated in the Township of Comstock, County of Kalamazoo, State of Michigan, and are described as: Commencing at a point on the South line of Section 5, Town 2 South, Range 10 West, 322.38 feet East of the Southwest corner of said Section, thence North parallel with the West line of said Section, a distance of 264 feet, thence East parallel with the South line of said Section, 172.6 feet, thence South parallel with the West line of said Section, a distance of 264 feet to the South line of said Section and thence West on the South line of said Section to the point of beginning. Street Address: 6031 East H Avenue, Kalamazoo, Michigan 49048 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: July 31, 2026 For more information, please contact the attorney for the party foreclosing: Robert A. Blumberg (P87490) Johnson, Blumberg & Associates LLC 30 North LaSalle St., Suite 3650 Chicago, Illinois, 60602 312.541.9710 – Phone 312.541.9711 – Fax File No.: MI 26 7333 (07-31)(08-21)