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NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE SALE 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. Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Geoffrey L. Miner to Fifth Third Bank, National Association s/b/m with Fifth Third Mortgage Company dated November 22, 2013 and recorded December 6, 2013 in Instrument Number 2013R-05908 Benzie County Records, Michigan. In pursuance and by virtue of a Judgment of Foreclosure of Mortgage and Declaratory Relief entered for Plaintiff, Fifth Third Bank, National Association against Defendant, Geoffrey L. Miner in Case No. 25-12326-CH of the Benzie County Circuit Court, the below premises shall be foreclosed and sold by public auction. Said Judgment of Foreclosure of Mortgage and Declaratory Relief was entered on the 20th day of May, 2025, wherein there is claimed to be due on said date the sum of Seventy-Six Thousand Five Hundred Seven Dollars and Seventy-Six Cents ($76,507.76), plus sums advanced for taxes, insurance and other fees incurred and allowed by said mortgage. Under the Judgment of Foreclosure of Mortgage and Declaratory Relief and related statutes, notice is hereby given that said mortgage will be foreclosed by sale of the mortgage premises pursuant to the Judgment of Foreclosure of Mortgage and Declaratory Relief and that the sale shall be at public auction to the highest bidder, at public venue, at the place of holding the circuit court within Benzie County, on the 8th day of October, 2025 at 10:00 AM, Eastern Standard Time, the following described property, viz: All certain piece or parcel of land situated in the Village of Benzonia, County of Benzie and State of Michigan, described as follows: Part of Lots 1 and 2, Block 12, Village of Benzonia, Benzie County, Michigan, more fully described as follows: Beginning at the Northeast corner of said Lot 1; thence, along the East line of said Lots 1 and 2, South 00 degrees 16 minutes 28 seconds East 364.00 feet; thence South 74 degrees 23 minutes 56 seconds West 185.41 feet; thence North 00 degrees 38 minutes 29 seconds West 309.04 feet to the South right-of-way of Walker Street and North line of said Lot 1; thence, along said right-of-way and lot line, North 59 degrees 49 minutes 19 seconds East 208.56 feet to the Point of Beginning. Containing 1.39 acres of land more or less. Commonly Known As: 7421 Walker St, Benzonia, MI, 49616 Tax ID: 02504070-10 This property may be redeemed during the six (6) months following the sale. Dated: August 11, 2025 Orlans Law Group PLLC /s/Sogol I. Plagany Attorneys for Plaintiff Firm Name: Orlans Law Group PLLC Firm Address: 1650 West Big Beaver Road, Troy MI 48084 Firm Phone Number: (248) 502.1400 File No. 25-000455 (08-20)(09-24)