Attorney File #: 26-003280
Notice ID: 1594573
First Publication Date: 5/28/2026
Number of Insertions: 4
Last Publication Date: 6/18/2026
County: Berrien
Begin Notice
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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 JUNE 25, 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 Romel Fajardo, an unmarried man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for HomeBridge Financial Services Inc., its successors and assigns, Mortgagee, dated January 24, 2025 and recorded February 4, 2025 in Liber 3443, Page 3120 Berrien County Records, Michigan. Said mortgage is now held by Saluda Grade Alternative Mortgage Trust 2025-LOC4, by assignment. There is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Two Hundred Fifty-Two Thousand One Hundred Ninety-Five and 25/100 Dollars ($252,195.25).
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 JUNE 25, 2026.
Said premises are located in the Township of Coloma, Berrien County Michigan, and are described as:
BEGINNING AT THE EAST 1/4 POST OF SECTION 20, TOWN 3 SOUTH, RANGE 17 WEST, COLOMA TOWNSHIP, BERRIEN COUNTY, MICHIGAN; THENCE WEST 53.7 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 109 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 71 DEGREES 56 MINUTES 54 SECONDS WEST 180 FEET; THENCE NORTH 02 DEGREES 33 MINUTES 54 SECONDS EAST 50 FEET TO THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF PAW PAW LAKE ROAD; THENCE SOUTHERLY ON THE SOUTHERLY LINE SAID ROAD 160 FEET MORE OR LESS TO PAW PAW RIVER; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY SOUTH AND SOUTHEASTERLY ON EASTERLY EDGE OF SAID RIVER TO A LINE 100 FEET EASTERLY OF THE EASTERLY LINE OF OLD BENTON HARBOR AND ST. JOSEPH RAILWAY AND LIGHT COMPANY RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ON LAST DESCRIBED LINE 650.0 FEET MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT WHICH IS 410.0 FEET SOUTH OF AND 290.0 FEET MORE OR LESS, NORTH 79 DEGREES WEST OF THE EAST 1/4 POST OF SAID SECTION 20; THENCE SOUTH 79 DEGREES EAST 290.0 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 20; THENCE NORTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 20, 410.0 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING.
6530 Paw Paw Ave, Coloma, Michigan 49038
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: May 28, 2026
File No. 26-003280
Firm Name: Orlans Law Group PLLC
Firm Address: 1650 West Big Beaver Road, Troy MI 48084
Firm Phone Number: (248) 502.1400
(05-28)(06-18)