KENNETH KOERN

Attorney File #: MI 23 5143
Notice ID: 1506977
First Publication Date: 8/17/2023
Number of Insertions: 4
Last Publication Date: 9/7/2023
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 September 22, 2023. 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 Kenneth Koern, a married man, and Samantha J. Stutz, a married woman, not as tenants in common, but with the rights of survivorship, whose address is 4649 Thar Road, Coloma, Michigan 49038, as original Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, acting solely as a nominee for Amerifirst Financial Corporation, being a mortgage dated May 31, 2018, and recorded on June 6, 2018 in Liber 3207 Page 2559, Berrien County Records, State of Michigan and then assigned through mesne assignments to Carrington Mortgage Services, LLC, as assignee as documented by an assignment dated August 2, 2023 and recorded on August 3, 2023 in Liber 3409 Page 1174, Berrien County Records, Michigan, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE AND 46/100 DOLLARS ($162,295.46). Said premises are situated in the Township of Hagar, County of Berrien, State of Michigan, and are described as: Part of the Northwest Quarter of Section 24, Town 3 South, Range 18 West, described as: Beginning at the West Quarter post of said Section 24, thence North along the West line of said Section 996.80 feet to the point of beginning of the land herein described, thence North along said Section line 122.70 feet, thence East 385.29 feet, thence South 26 degrees 50 minutes East 137.50 feet, thence West 447.41 feet to point of beginning. Also part of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 24, described as: Beginning at the West Quarter post of said Section, thence North along the West line of said section 896.80 feet to the point of beginning of the land herein described, thence North along said Section line 100 feet, thence East 447.41 feet, thence South 24 degrees 38 minutes 10 seconds East 110.18 feet, thence West 493.27 feet to the point of beginning. Street Address: 4649 Thar Road, Coloma, Michigan 49038 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: August 17, 2023 For more information, please contact the attorney for the party foreclosing: Kenneth J. Johnson, Johnson, Blumberg, & Associates, LLC, 5955 West Main Street, Suite 18, Kalamazoo, MI 49009. Telephone: (312) 541-9710. File No.: MI 23 5143

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