ARIYLL SMEDLEY

Attorney File #: MI 24 6171
Notice ID: 1550149
First Publication Date: 1/16/2025
Number of Insertions: 4
Last Publication Date: 2/6/2025
County: Berrien

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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 February 14, 2025. 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 Ariyll A. Smedley, a single woman, whose address is 2067 Taylor Street, Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022, as original Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for Best Home Financial, Inc., being a mortgage dated August 28, 2006, and recorded on September 11, 2006 in Liber 2741 Page 1556, Berrien County Records, State of Michigan and then assigned to Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC, as assignee as documented by an assignment dated December 27, 2024 and recorded on January 3, 2025 in Liber 3442 Page 0358, Berrien County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED FIFTY-THREE AND 28/100 DOLLARS ($35,953.28). Said premises are situated in the Township of Benton, County of Berrien, State of Michigan, and are described as: LOTS 27 AND 28, BALDANZA’S SUBDIVISION, AS RECORDED IN LIBER 11, PAGE 45 OF PLATS, BERRIEN COUNTY RECORDS. Street Address: 2067 Taylor Street, Benton Harbor, Michigan 49022 The redemption period shall be 12 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: January 16, 2025 For more information, please contact the attorney for the party foreclosing: Kenneth J. Johnson, Johnson, Blumberg, & Associates, LLC, 5955 West Main Street, Suite 509, Kalamazoo, MI 49009. Telephone: (312) 541-9710. File No.: MI 24 6171

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