542 Western Ave, Benton Harbor, MI 49022

Public Foreclosure Notice

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 Berrien County, starting promptly at 11:00 AM on OCTOBER 15, 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 Jessica Leigh Curtis and Steven Richard Curtis, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Lendage, LLC dba Achieve Loans, its successors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated December 16, 2022 and recorded December 27, 2022 in Liber 3395, Page 2107 Berrien County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by MEB Loan Trust VIII, by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Seventy-Four Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty-Seven and 84/100 Dollars ($74,957.84). 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 venue at the place of holding the circuit court within Berrien County, Michigan at 11:00 AM on OCTOBER 15, 2026. Said premises are located in the City of Benton Harbor, Berrien County Michigan, and are described as: Situated in the Township of St. Joseph, County of Berrien and the State of Michigan that part of Lot 130, Indian Hills, according to the plat thereof, recorded May 23. 1927, in Liber 8 of Plate on Page 16, described as follows: Beginning at a point 161.8 feet West of the Southeast corner of said Lot 130; thence West, along the South line of said Lot, 3 distance of 120 feet; thence North 132 feet, along a line which is parallel with the West line of said Lot; thence East 120 feet, along the North line of said Lot to a point which is North of the place of beginning; thence South 132 feet to the place of beginning. 542 Western Avenue, Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022 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. FinCEN reporting will be required of all successful purchasers, absent a lawful exemption. Dated: September 17, 2026 File No. 26-008862 Firm Name: Orlans Law Group PLLC Firm Address: 1650 West Big Beaver Road, Troy MI 48084 Firm Phone Number: (248) 502.1400 (09-17)(10-08)