Berkeley

Public Notice

TRUSTEE’S SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ESTATE

The undersigned Substitute Trustee, by virtue of the authority vested in him by that certain Deed of Trust, dated September 24, 2018, and duly recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Berkeley County, West Virginia, in Document No. 20180037176, in Book No. 3305, at Page 58 and modified by Loan Modification Agreement recorded on November 13, 2023, in Document No. 202300031570 MOD, in Book No. 4076, at Page 407, Monica Beth Aikens did convey unto Marc J. Slotnick, Trustee(s), certain real property described in said Deed of Trust; and the beneficiary has elected to appoint Seneca Trustees, Inc., as Substitute Trustee; and default having been made under the aforementioned Deed of Trust, and the undersigned Substitute Trustee having been instructed by Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as Owner Trustee of the Residential Credit Opportunities Trust VIII-C to foreclose thereunder, will offer for sale at public auction at the front door of the Berkeley County Courthouse in Martinsburg, West Virginia, on

July 14, 2026 at 11:00 AM

the following described real estate, together with its improvements, easements and appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate in 08 – Opequon District, Berkeley County, West Virginia, and more particularly described as follows:

All of that certain lot or parcel of real estate, with the improvements thereon and the appurtenances thereunto belonging, situate, lying and being in Opequon District, Berkeley County, West Virginia, and more particularly described as follows:

Lot 64, Section 3, of the Opequon Meadows Subdivision, as set forth upon that certain subdivision plat prepared by P.C. DiMagno Engineers-Surveyors and recorded in the Office of the Clerk of the County Council of Berkeley County, West Virginia in Plat Cabinet 5, Slides 189 and 190, together with the rights to traverse the streets of the subdivision in common with other lot owners.

Current Property Address: 82 Grove Farm Lane, Martinsburg, WV 25404

Subject to and Together with the following: all covenants, restrictions, conditions, easements, reservations, rights-of-way, public utility easements, and other matters of record or in existence, to the extent valid, subsisting, and enforceable; any lien of taxes for the current year and subsequent years, accrued but not yet payable; matters that would be shown by an accurate survey and inspection of the property; zoning requirements, statutes, rules, orders, restrictions, regulations, and ordinances of governmental agencies or their instrumentalities relating to the property, the buildings located thereon, their construction and uses, in force on the date hereof (if any such exist); and, all roads and legal highways.

For purposes of Section 4, Article 1, Chapter 38 of the West Virginia code, any notice of Trustee’s sale shall be mailed to the Grantor(s) hereunder at the following address (or such other address subsequently given to lender in writing by the Grantor(s)); 82 Grove Farm Lane, Martinsburg, WV 25404

At the time of the execution of the Deed of Trust, this property was reported to have an address of: 82 Grove Farm Lane, Martinsburg, WV 25404.

The referenced real estate will be conveyed with no covenants of warranty, and subject to all covenants, restrictions, easements, rights of way and reservations which may be a matter of record in the aforesaid Clerk’s Office or visible upon the ground, all prior liens and encumbrances, including, without limitation, liens for real estate taxes, incinerator, sanitary and sewer charges. The purchasers at the sale shall be responsible for paying the recording costs and also the tax on the privilege of transferring real property (the cost of the tax stamp to be affixed to the deed). The purchasers shall be responsible for payment of all real estate taxes.

The subject property will be sold in “AS IS” condition. The Substitute Trustee shall be under no duty to cause any existing tenant or person occupying the subject property to vacate said property.

TERMS: $9000.00 in cash and/or certified funds as deposit at the time of sale with the balance due and payable within 30 days of the day of sale. Sale is also subject to buyer providing Trustee with information needed for reporting requirements required by Federal Law including FinCen requirements (31 CFR Chapter X) within 15 days from date of sale.

FEDERAL TAX LIEN: In the event that there are Federal Tax Liens against the property, the United States would have the right to redeem the property within a period of 120 days from the date of such sale or the period allowable for redemption under local law, whichever is longer.

Pursuant to the Deed of Trust, the Trustee may postpone the sale by public announcement at the time and place designated or by posting a notice of the same, and act by agent in the execution of the sale. The parties secured by the Deed of Trust reserve the right to purchase the property at such sale.

SENECA TRUSTEES, INC.
5000 Coombs Farm Drive, Suite 104
Morgantown, WV 26508
(304) 413-0044
(304) 292-2918
Toll free: (888) 534-3132
Reference File No. 88573

cc: The Journal
June 17, 2026, June 24, 2026

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