THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: That default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: July 23, 2020 ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $183,000.00 MORTGAGOR(S): Benjamin R. Sorensen and Jessica L. Sorensen, husband and wife MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Bay Equity LLC DATE AND PLACE OF FILING: Recorded on July 30, 2020 as Document Number A1435172 in the Office of the County Recorder of Wright County, Minnesota. ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: Freedom Mortgage Corporation by assignment recorded on September 12, 2025 as Document Number A1585278 in the Office of the County Recorder of Wright County, Minnesota. LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot 5, Block 16, Pleasant Creek Farms 4th Addition, CIC No. 72, Wright County, Minnesota PIN# 118-226-016050. STREET ADDRESS OF PROPERTY: 7700 LACHMAN AVE NE, OTSEGO, MN 55301 COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Wright County, Minnesota. THE AMOUNT CLAIMED TO BE DUE ON THE MORTGAGE ON THE DATE OF THE NOTICE: $170,221.83 TRANSACTION AGENT: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. NAME OF MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR: Bay Equity LLC RESIDENTIAL SERVICER: Freedom Mortgage Corporation TAX PARCEL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 118-226-016050 TRANSACTION AGENT'S MORTGAGE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: 1006166-0004105828-1 THAT no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to recover the debt then remaining secured by such mortgage, or any part thereof, or, if the action or proceeding has been instituted, that the same has been discontinued, or that an execution upon the judgment rendered therein has been returned unsatisfied, in whole or in part. PURSUANT, to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows: DATE AND TIME OF SALE: June 16, 2026 at 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SALE: Wright County Sheriff's Office, 3800 Braddock Ave. NE, Buffalo, MN 55313. to pay the debt then secured by said mortgage and taxes, if any actually paid by the mortgagee, on the premises and the costs and disbursements allowed by law. The time allowed by law for redemption by said mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns is six (6) months from the date of sale. TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: Unless said mortgage is reinstated or the property redeemed, or unless the time for redemption is reduced by judicial order, you must vacate the premises by 11:59 p.m. on December 16, 2026. THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR'S PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED. MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: None Dated: April 20, 2026 FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Mortgagee TROTT LAW, P.C. By: /s/ N. Kibongni Fondungallah, Esq. Samuel R. Coleman, Esq. *Alexa Marsh, Esq.* Attorneys for Mortgagee 25 Dale Street North St. Paul, MN 55102 (651) 209-9760 (25-1378-FC02) Federal law may require reporting to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network for certain purchases of residential property by entities or trusts. A successful third party bidder may be required to provide ownership and identifying information as a condition to completing the transfer. THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR.
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