1939 South Bainbridge Center Road, Benton Harbor, MI 49022

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 BERRIEN County, starting promptly at 11:00am, on August 6, 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 Andrew M. Austin and Melisha Ann Austin, husband and wife, whose address is 1939 South Bainbridge Center Road, Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022, as original Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for Amerifirst Financial Corporation, being a mortgage dated September 29, 2022, and recorded on October 6, 2022 in Liber 3388 Page 0426, Berrien County Records, State of Michigan and assigned by said mortgagee through mesne assignments to Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC, as assignee as documented by an assignment dated October 30, 2025 and recorded on November 12, 2025 in Liber 3464 Page 1546, Berrien County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-SEVEN THOUSAND THIRTY AND 82/100 DOLLARS ($187,030.82). Said premises are situated in the Township of Bainbridge, County of Berrien, State of Michigan, and are described as: That part of the West Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section 27, Township 4 South, Range 17 West, described as follows: Commencing at the Southwest corner of said Section 27; thence Northerly, on the West line of said Section 27, a distance of 150.0 feet to the place of beginning of the parcel of land herein described; thence Northerly, on the West line of said Section 27, a distance of 270.75 feet; thence Easterly, parallel to and 420.75 feet Northerly at right angles to the South line of said Section 27, a distance of 150.0 feet; thence Southerly, parallel to and 150.00 feet Easterly at right angles to the West line of said Section, a distance of 270.75 feet; thence Westerly, on a line 150.0 feet Northerly at right angles and parallel to the South line of said Section 27, a distance of 150.0 feet to the place of beginning. Street Address: 1939 South Bainbridge Center Road, Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022 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 9, 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 7328 (07-09)(07-30)