519 S Ithaca Street, Ithaca, MI 48847-1823

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THIS FIRM IS A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION WE OBTAIN WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE AT THE NUMBER BELOW IF YOU ARE IN ACTIVE DUTY. ATTN PURCHASERS: This sale may be rescinded by the foreclosing mortgagee. In that event, your damages, if any, shall be limited solely to the return of the bid amount tendered at sale, plus interest. 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. Under the power of sale contained herein in said mortgage and the statute in such case made and provided, notice is hereby 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 a cashier’s check at the place of holding the circuit court in GRATIOT County, starting promptly at 10:00 AM, on July 9, 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 SALE – Default has been made in the conditions of a mortgage made by Terry Dowdell and Susan Dowdell, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Village Capital & Investment LLC, dated June 23, 2021, and recorded September 8, 2021 in Liber 1088 Page 883 in Gratiot County records, Michigan, and assigned to Planet Home Lending, LLC by an Assignment of Mortgage recorded on January 27, 2026 in Instrument No. 2026R-00388, on which mortgage there is claimed to be due at the date hereof the sum of Eighty-One Thousand Nine-Hundred Ninety-Two and 30/100 dollars ($81,992.30). Said premises are situated in the City of Ithaca, County of Gratiot, and State of Michigan, and particularly described as: Beginning at a point 54 feet South of the Northwest corner of Lot 179, Division "H" Supervisor's Plat of the City of Ithaca, Gratiot County, Michigan; thence East 160 1/2 feet; thence South 78 feet; thence West 160 1/2 feet; thence North 78 feet to point of beginning. Property Address:519 S Ithaca Street Ithaca, Michigan 48847 Parcel No.: 2952-659-179-60 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 under Chapter 32 of the Revised Judicature Act of 1961, 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 damaging the property during the redemption period. Dated: May 28, 2026 For more information, please call: (513) 444-4100 Sottile and Barile PLLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 394 Wards Corner Boulevard, Suite 180 Loveland, OH 45140 File MF2603025 - Dowdell, Susan (VA) - DA (05-28)(06-18)