5560 Crooked Lake Road, Howell, MI 48843

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 LIVINGSTON County, starting promptly at 10:00 AM, on April 29, 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 David J. Deaton, married man, whose address is 5560 Crooked Lake Road, Howell, Michigan 48843, as original Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Gold Star Mortgage Financial Group, Corporation, being a mortgage dated July 3, 2013, and recorded on July 16, 2013 with Document Number 2013R-028440. Said mortgage was modified by two loan modification agreements. The first, dated November 29, 2016, recorded May 17, 2017, with document number 2017R-014764. The second, dated May 29, 2020, recorded June 23, 2020, with document number 2020R-019927, Livingston County Records, State of Michigan and assigned by said mortgagee through mesne assignments to NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing, as assignee as documented by an assignment dated December 21, 2022 and recorded on December 22, 2022 and given document number 2022R-031963 in Livingston County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of ONE HUNDRED NINE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED NINE AND 91/100 DOLLARS ($109,509.91). Said premises are situated in the Township of Genoa, County of Livingston, State of Michigan, and are described as: PART OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 22, TOWN 2 NORTH, RANGE 5 EAST, GENOA TOWNSHIP, LIVINGSTON COUNTY, MICHIGAN DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE CENTERLINE OF CROOKED LAKE ROAD AND THE SECTION LINE, EAST 415.00 FEET FROM THE NORTH 1/4 CORNER OF SAID SECTION 22; RUNNING THENCE EAST 213.00 FEET ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF CROOKED LAKE ROAD AND THE SECTION LINE; THENCE SOUTH 01 DEGREE 21 MINUTES 45 SECONDS EAST, 444.93 FEET; THENCE WEST 213.00 FEET, THENCE NORTH 01 DEGREES 21 MINUTES 45 SECONDS WEST, 444.93 FEET ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF 66 FOOT WIDE PRIVATE EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS AND TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. Street Address: 5560 Crooked Lake Road, Howell, Michigan 48843 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: March 29, 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 7092 (03-29)(04-19)