214 Ruckersville Rd

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE UNDER POWER FRANKLIN COUNTY, GEORGIA THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Under and by virtue of the Power of Sale contained in a Security Deed given by Chris Chappelear to First Franklin Financial Corporation dated June 13, 2003 and recorded on June 26, 2003 in Deed Book 00642, Page 0172, Franklin County, Georgia Records, and later assigned to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, successor in interest to Bank of America, National Association, as Trustee, successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-FF1 by Assignment of Security Deed recorded on June 10, 2025 in Deed Book 01683, Page 0370, Franklin County, Georgia Records, conveying the after-described property to secure a Note in the original principal amount of One Hundred Nineteen Thousand And 00/100 Dollars ($119,000.00), with interest thereon as set forth therein, there will be sold at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash before the courthouse door of Franklin County, Georgia, within the legal hours of sale on August 5, 2025 the following described property: All that tract or parcel of land lying situate and being in the County of Franklin, State of Georgia, and in the 1363rd District, G.M., containing 7.09 acres more or less, and being bounded now or formerly as follows; on the North by other lands of G.M Ayers and County Public Road leading from Georgia Highway 327 to Bowersville, Georgia; on the East by said Public Road; on the South by lands of John F. White; and on the West by a creek and lands of C.M. Ayers. Said tract of land is more particularly delineated and has the bearings, courses, distances, metes and bounds, shown by and upon a plat of survey of the same made January 19, 1967, for Charlie Roberts, by Clelland A. Tyson, Georgia registered surveyor No. 1515, recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Franklin County, Georgia, in Plat Book 6, Page 106, to which said plat and the record thereof reference is made and incorporated herein for a part of this description. Being the same lands conveyed by C.M. Ayers to Mrs. Retha Roberts, under Warranty Deed dated August 28, 1967; filed and recorded August 28, 1967, in Deed Book 170, Page 292, Franklin County records. Tax ID #: 065 121 The debt secured by said Security Deed has been and is hereby declared due because of, among other possible events of default, failure to pay the indebtedness as and when due and in the manner provided in the Note and Security Deed. The debt remaining in default, this sale will be made for the purpose of paying the same and all expenses of this sale, as provided in Security Deed and by law, including attorneys fees (notice of intent to collect attorneys fees having been given). Your mortgage servicer, Nationstar Mortgage LLC, as servicer for U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, successor in interest to Bank of America, National Association, as Trustee, successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-FF1, can be contacted at (877) 888-4606 or by writing to 8950 Cypress Waters Boulevard, Coppell, TX 75019, to discuss possible alternatives to avoid foreclosure. Said property will be sold subject to any outstanding ad valorem taxes (including taxes which are a lien, but not yet due and payable), any matters which might be disclosed by an accurate survey and inspection of the property, any assessments, liens, encumbrances, zoning ordinances, restrictions, covenants, and matters of record superior to the Security Deed first set out above. To the best knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the parties in possession of the property are Chris Chappelear or tenant(s); and said property is more commonly known as 214 Ruckersville Road, Canon, GA 30520. The sale will be conducted subject (1) to confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and (2) to final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the security deed. U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee, successor in interest to Bank of America, National Association, as Trustee, successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-FF1 as Attorney in Fact for Chris Chappelear McMichael Taylor Gray, LLC 3550 Engineering Drive, Suite 260 Peachtree Corners, GA 30092 404-474-7149 MTG File No.: GA2025-00396 #871563-7/31