8661 Lincoln Lake Road Northeast, Greenville, MI 48838

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 KENT County, starting promptly at 10:00 AM, on October 14, 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 Joshua Allen Whaley, unmarried man, whose address is 8661 Lincoln Lake Road Northeast, Greenville, Michigan 48838, as original Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Van Dyk Mortgage Corporation, being a mortgage dated June 26, 2019, and recorded on July 5, 2019 with Document Number 201907050048218. Said mortgage was modified by a loan modification agreement, dated October 29, 2021, recorded January 19, 2022, with Document Number 202201190005485, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, Kent County, Michigan, Kent County Records, State of Michigan and then assigned to NewRez LLC, as assignee as documented by an assignment dated December 15, 2021 and recorded on December 16, 2021 and given document number 202112160134926 in Kent County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE AND 55/100 DOLLARS ($135,021.55). Said premises are situated in the Township of Oakfield, County of Kent, State of Michigan, and are described as: Lots 42, 43, and 44, “Shady Park – Long Lake”, according to the plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 34 of Plats, Page 41. Also AREA “A”: That part of Cranmer Street described as beginning at the Southeast corner of the plat of “Shady Park – Long Lake”; thence South 77 degrees 19 minutes West 83.76 feet along the South line of “Shady Park-Long Lake” to the point of intersection of said South line with the Southerly extension of the centerline of Swartz Street; thence Northerly along the said Southerly extension of the centerline of Swartz Street to the point of intersection of said centerline with the Westerly extension of the South line of Lot 44 in said plat: thence Easterly along said Westerly extension of the South line of Lot 44 to the Southwest corner of said Lot 44; thence Easterly along the South line of said Lot 44 to the Southeast corner of said Lot 44; thence South 12.00 feet along the East line of “Shady Park- Long Lake” to the point of beginning. Also, that part of the East half of Swartz Street lying North of the North line of Cranmer Street and South of the Westerly extension of the North line of Lot 42 in “Shady Park – Long Lake” Section 34, Town 9 North, Range 9 West, Oakfield Township, Kent County, Michigan; according to the plat thereof, as recorded in Liber 34 of Plats, Page 41. Street Address: 8661 Lincoln Lake Road Northeast, Greenville, Michigan 48838 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: September 16, 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 7468 (09-16)(10-07)