Common use of Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer Clause in Contracts

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Certificateholders, in accordance with this Agreement and the customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable mortgage loans for their own account in the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and any Sub- Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any action taken by the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Servicers in effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties shall, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit. The Master Servicer shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (ii) cause the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service supervise, monitor and administer oversee the Mortgage Loans for the benefit obligation of the Certificateholders, in accordance with this Agreement and the customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable mortgage loans for their own account in the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject Servicer to the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law the terms of this Agreement and shall provide have full power and authority to the Mortgagors do any reports required to be provided to them therebyand all things which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such master servicing and administration. Subject to Section 3.16In performing its obligations hereunder, the Trustee Master Servicer shall furnish act in a manner consistent with Accepted Master Servicing Practices. Furthermore, the Master Servicer shall oversee and consult with the Servicer as reasonably necessary from time-to-time to carry out the Master Servicer’s obligations hereunder, shall receive, review and evaluate all reports, information and other data provided to the Master Servicer by the Servicer and shall cause the Servicer to perform and observe the covenants, obligations and conditions to be performed or observed by the Servicer under this Agreement. The Master Servicer shall independently monitor the Servicer’s servicing activities with respect to each Mortgage Loan, reconcile the results of such monitoring with such information provided in the previous sentence on a monthly basis and coordinate corrective adjustments to the Servicer’s and Master Servicer’s records, and based on such reconciled and corrected information, the Master Servicer shall provide such information to the Trust Administrator as shall be necessary in order for it to prepare the statements specified in Section 4.02, and prepare any Sub-other information and statements required to be forwarded by the Master Servicer hereunder. The Master Servicer shall reconcile the results of its Mortgage Loan monitoring with the actual remittances of the Servicer to the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.10. The Trustee shall furnish the Servicer and the Master Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents in form as provided to it necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer and the Master Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties. The Trustee and the Trust Administrator shall provide access to the records and documentation in possession of the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, as applicable, regarding the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties and the servicing thereof to the Certificateholders, the FDIC, and the supervisory agents and examiners of the FDIC, such access being afforded only upon reasonable prior written request and during normal business hours at the office of the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, as applicable; provided, however, that, unless otherwise required by law, neither the Trustee nor the Trust Administrator shall be required to provide access to such records and documentation if the provision thereof would violate the legal right to privacy of any Sub- Servicer Mortgagor. The Trustee and the Trust Administrator shall allow representatives of the above entities to carry out their servicing photocopy any of the records and administrative duties hereunderdocumentation and shall provide equipment for that purpose at a charge that covers the Trustee’s or Trust Administrator’s, as applicable, actual costs. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any action taken by execute and deliver to the Servicer and the Master Servicer any court pleadings, requests for trustee’s sale or any Sub-Servicer pursuant other documents necessary or desirable to (i) the application of such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance foreclosure or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Servicers in effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties shall, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit. The Master Servicer shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default trustee’s sale with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and a Mortgaged Property; (ii) cause any legal action brought to obtain judgment against any Mortgagor on the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as Mortgage Note or Security Instrument; (iii) obtain a REMIC under deficiency judgment against the Code Mortgagor; or the imposition of (iv) enforce any tax on "prohibited transactions" other rights or "contributions" after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected remedies provided by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensationMortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise available at law or equity. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agentSECTION 3A.02. [Reserved].

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer’s obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer’s or any Sub-Servicer’s right to receive compensation for their own account in its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall also seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoingMortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentjudgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, and upon notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. The Master Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under each Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy and any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.163.17, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to carry out such duties. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Master Servicer shall not further is authorized and empowered by the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, in its own name or in the name of the Sub-Servicer, when the Master Servicer or the Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any reasonable expenses (unless i) incurred as a result of MERS discontinuing or becoming unable to continue operations in connection with the Mortgagor MERS System or (ii) if the affected Mortgage Loan is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default isor, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, such default is reasonably foreseeable, incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence, shall be subject to withdrawal by the Master Servicer from the Collection Account. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.03) and the Master Servicer shall not (i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan (except with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is in default or, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, such default is reasonably foreseeable) make that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (iA) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiB) cause the any Trust Fund REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "“prohibited transactions" ” or "contributions" “contributions after the startup date date” under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Propertydelegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loanhowever, that no such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by delegation shall release the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by from the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement) . The Master Servicer shall accurately and fully report (or cause each Sub-Servicer to accurately and fully report), its borrower credit files to each of the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of credit repositories in a joint venturer, partner or agenttimely manner.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer’s obligation to make Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer’s or any Sub-Servicer’s right to receive compensation for their own account in its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall also seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoingMortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentjudgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, and upon notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. The Master Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under each Primary Insurance Policy and any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.163.17, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to carry out such duties. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Master Servicer further is authorized and empowered by the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, in its own name or in the name of the Sub-Servicer, when the Master Servicer or the Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence shall be borne by the Master Servicer in accordance with Section 3.18, with no right of reimbursement; provided, that if, as a result of MERS discontinuing or becoming unable to continue operations in connection with the MERS System, it becomes necessary to remove any Mortgage Loan from registration on the MERS System and to arrange for the assignment of the related Mortgages to the Trustee, then any related expenses shall be reimbursable to the Master Servicer. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.06) and the Master Servicer shall not (unless i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Loan Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.07, the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (iA) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiB) cause either the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "“prohibited transactions" ” or "contributions" “contributions after the startup date date” under the REMIC Provisions. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or the Pledged Asset Servicing Agreement to the contrary, except as provided below, the Master Servicer shall have no duty or obligation to service and administer the Pledged Assets and the Master Servicer shall not be deemed to be the Pledged Asset Servicer, unless and until MLCC’s obligations to administer the Pledged Assets under the Pledged Asset Servicing Agreement have been terminated with respect to the Pledged Asset Loans, in which case, the Master Servicer shall be bound to service and administer the Pledged Assets and the Limited Purpose Surety Bond in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the related Pledged Asset Agreements from the date of such termination. The Trustee, as assignee of the Pledged Asset Servicing Agreement, shall enforce the obligations of MLCC to service and administer the Pledged Assets as provided in the Pledged Asset Servicing Agreement, and shall take appropriate action thereunder if MLCC fails to substantially comply with its obligations to administer the Pledged Assets. In the event the Trustee receives an indemnification payment from MLCC under Section 3 of the Pledged Asset Servicing Agreement that is attributable to losses resulting from MLCC’s failure to administer the Pledged Assets in accordance with the terms of the Pledged Asset Servicing Agreement in connection with Pledged Asset Loans, the Trustee shall deposit such amount in the Collection Account. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Propertydelegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loanhowever, that no such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by delegation shall release the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by from the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with (i) the terms of the respective Mortgage Loans and any insurance policies related thereto, (ii) all Applicable Regulations, (iii) the terms of this Agreement Agreement, (iv) the Loss Mitigation Action Plan, if applicable, and (v) to the extent consistent with the preceding requirements, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for their own account in its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction (the "Servicing Standard"). Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoingMortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.026.06, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when Trustee, in accordance with the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentservicing standards set forth above, to (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, or of forbearance, or of modification and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, in the name of the Trust Fund, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service , (iii) to market, sell and administer transfer title of REO Properties held in the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state name of the Trust Fund to third party purchasers upon terms and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall furnish to conditions the Master Servicer deems reasonable under the Servicing Standard, (iv) to bring or respond to civil actions or complaints (in its own name or that of the Trust Fund or the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund) related to any Mortgage Loan, Mortgaged Property or REO Property held by the Trust Fund and (v) to execute any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other documents document necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to carry out its servicing and any Sub- administrative duties hereunder consistent with the Servicing Standard. At the written request of the Master Servicer, the Trustee shall execute and furnish to the Master Servicer such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to carry out their its servicing and administrative duties hereunder. By execution of this Agreement, the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to execute any and all documents necessary to carry out any and all servicing duties described in this Agreement (including the taking of and transferring title of REO Properties to third parties held in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Trust) and expressly confirms that this paragraph along with the face page and a copy of the signature page (duly executed) to this Agreement shall constitute the power of attorney for evidentiary and/or recording purposes. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.04(d) hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraphServicing Standard, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.093.04(d), and further as provided in Section 3.113.05(a). No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Master Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is in conformity with the Servicing Standard; provided, however, that: (A) the Master Servicer shall not make future advances (except as provided in Section 4.03); (B) the Master Servicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, defer or forgive the payment of any principal or interest payments, reduce the outstanding Stated Principal Balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or extend the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless as provided in Section 3.02, (i) the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or (ii) such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable); and (C) make the Master Servicer shall not consent to (i) partial releases of Mortgages, (ii) alterations, (iii) removal, demolition or permit any modificationdivision of properties subject to Mortgages, waiver (iv) modification or amendment of any term of (v) second mortgage subordination agreements with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would would: (i) affect adversely the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC, (ii) cause any Trust REMIC to be subject to a tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" pursuant to the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) both (ix) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiy) cause any Trust REMIC constituting part of the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the startup date Startup Day under the REMIC Provisions. The To the extent consistent with the terms of this Agreement, including Section 2.03 and Section 2.05, the Master Servicer may approve waive (or permit a request for Sub-Servicer to waive) a partial release Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans and (ii) such waiver relates to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Mortgaged PropertyMaster Servicer, easement, consent to alteration or demolition maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected The Master Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release the Master Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement. All references to Master Servicer in this Agreement shall be deemed to include any Sub-Servicer duly appointed by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor pursuant to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with (i) the terms of the respective Mortgage Loans and any insurance policies related thereto, (ii) all Applicable Regulations, (iii) the terms of this Agreement Agreement, (iv) the Loss Mitigation Action Plan, if applicable, and (v) to the extent consistent with the preceding requirements, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for their own account in its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction (the "Servicing Standard"). Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoingMortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.026.06, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when Trustee, in accordance with the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentservicing standards set forth above, to (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, or of forbearance, or of modification and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, in the name of the Trust Fund, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service , (iii) to market, sell and administer transfer title of REO Properties held in the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state name of the Trust Fund to third party purchasers upon terms and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall furnish to conditions the Master Servicer deems reasonable under the Servicing Standard, (4) to bring or respond to civil actions or complaints (in its own name or that of the Trust Fund or the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund) related to any Mortgage Loan, Mortgaged Property or REO Property held by the Trust Fund and (5) execute any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other documents document necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to carry out its servicing and any Sub- administrative duties hereunder consistent with the Servicing Standard. At the written request of the Master Servicer, the Trustee shall execute and furnish to the Master Servicer such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to carry out their its servicing and administrative duties hereunder. By execution of this Agreement, the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to execute any and all documents necessary to carry out any and all servicing duties described in this Agreement (including the taking of and transferring title of REO Properties to third parties held in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Trust) and expressly confirms that this paragraph along with the face page and a copy of the signature page (duly executed) to this Agreement shall constitute the power of attorney for evidentiary and/or recording purposes. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.04(d) hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraphServicing Standard, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.093.04(d), and further as provided in Section 3.113.05(a). No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Master Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is in conformity with the Servicing Standard; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that: (A) the Master Servicer shall not make future advances (except as provided in Section 4.03); (B) the Master Servicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, defer or forgive the payment of any principal or interest payments, reduce the outstanding Stated Principal Balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or extend the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless as provided in Section 3.02, (i) the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or (ii) such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable); and (C) make the Master Servicer shall not consent to (i) partial releases of Mortgages, (ii) alterations, (iii) removal, demolition or permit any modificationdivision of properties subject to Mortgages, waiver (iv) modification or amendment of any term of (v) second mortgage subordination agreements with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would would: (i) affect adversely the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC,(ii) cause any Trust REMIC to be subject to a tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" pursuant to the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) both (ix) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiy) cause any Trust REMIC constituting part of the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the startup date Startup Day under the REMIC Provisions. The To the extent consistent with the terms of this Agreement, including Section 2.03 and Section 2.05, the Master Servicer may approve waive (or permit a request for Sub-Servicer to waive) a partial release Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans and (ii) such waiver relates to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Mortgaged PropertyMaster Servicer, easement, consent to alteration or demolition maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected The Master Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release the Master Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement. All references to Master Servicer in this Agreement shall be deemed to include any Sub-Servicer duly appointed by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor pursuant to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with (i) the terms of the respective Mortgage Loans and any insurance policies related thereto, (ii) all Applicable Regulations, (iii) the terms of this Agreement Agreement, (iv) the Loss Mitigation Action Plan, if applicable, and (v) to the extent consistent with the preceding requirements, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for their own account in its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction (the "Servicing Standard"). Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoingMortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.026.06, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when Trustee, in accordance with the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentservicing standards set forth above, to (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, or of forbearance, or of modification and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, in the name of the Trust Fund, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service , (iii) to market, sell and administer transfer title of REO Properties held in the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state name of the Trust Fund to third party purchasers upon terms and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall furnish to conditions the Master Servicer deems reasonable under the Servicing Standard, (4) to bring or respond to civil actions or complaints (in its own name or that of the Trust Fund or the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund) related to any Mortgage Loan, Mortgaged Property or REO Property held by the Trust Fund and (5) execute any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other documents document necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to carry out its servicing and any Sub- administrative duties hereunder consistent with the Servicing Standard. At the written request of the Master Servicer, the Trustee shall execute and furnish to the Master Servicer such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to carry out their its servicing and administrative duties hereunder. By execution of this Agreement, the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to execute any and all documents necessary to carry out any and all servicing duties described in this Agreement (including the taking of and transferring title of REO Properties to third parties held in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Trust) and expressly confirms that this paragraph along with the face page and a copy of the signature page (duly executed) to this Agreement shall constitute the power of attorney for evidentiary and/or recording purposes. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.04(d) hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraphServicing Standard, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.093.04(d), and further as provided in Section 3.113.05(a). No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Master Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is in conformity with the Servicing Standard; provided, however, that: (A) the Master Servicer shall not make future advances (except as provided in Section 4.03); (B) the Master Servicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, defer or forgive the payment of any principal or interest payments, reduce the outstanding Stated Principal Balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or extend the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless as provided in Section 3.02, (i) the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or (ii) such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable); and (C) make the Master Servicer shall not consent to (i) partial releases of Mortgages, (ii) alterations, (iii) removal, demolition or permit any modificationdivision of properties subject to Mortgages, waiver (iv) modification or amendment of any term of (v) second mortgage subordination agreements with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would would: (i) affect adversely the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC,(ii) cause any Trust REMIC to be subject to a tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" pursuant to the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) both (ix) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiy) cause any Trust REMIC constituting part of the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the startup date Startup Day under the REMIC Provisions. The To the extent consistent with the terms of this Agreement, including Section 2.03 and Section 2.05, the Master Servicer may approve waive (or permit a request for Sub-Servicer to waive) a partial release Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans and (ii) such waiver relates to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Mortgaged PropertyMaster Servicer, easement, consent to alteration or demolition maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected The Master Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release the Master Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement. All references to Master Servicer in this Agreement shall be deemed to include any Sub-Servicer duly appointed by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor pursuant to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for their own account in its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall also seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoingMortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentjudgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, and upon notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. The Master Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.163.17, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to carry out such duties. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.09 hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.03) and the Master Servicer shall not (unless i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.07, the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (iA) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiB) cause the Trust Fund any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" contributions after the startup date date" under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Propertydelegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loanhowever, that no such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by delegation shall release the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by from the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust Estate and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Noteholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Servicing Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership or non-ownership of any Note by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for their own account its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer (a) shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes and (b) shall waive (or permit a Sub-Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver would, in the respective states reasonable judgment of the Master Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in which connection with a refinancing of the Mortgaged Properties are locatedrelated Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related mortgagor has stated to the Master Servicer or an applicable Sub-Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Master Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgement that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such mortgagor to refinance with the Master Servicer or (iii) collection of the related Prepayment Charge would violate applicable law. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting both of the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) or (iii) above, then the Master Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, by depositing such amount into the Collection Account together with and at the time that the amount prepaid on the related Mortgage Loan is required to be deposited into the Collection Account. Subject only to the foregoingabove-described servicing standards and the terms of this Servicing Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Indenture Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentjudgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders Trust Estate, the Issuer, the Noteholders and the Indenture Trustee or any of them, and upon written notice to the Indenture Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Indenture Trustee and CertificateholdersNoteholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. The Master Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Servicing Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.163.17, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder. The hereunder and the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.09 hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged PropertiesProperties in a manner and at a time that avoids the loss of the Mortgaged Property due to a tax sale or the foreclosure as a result of a tax lien, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions payments to CertificateholdersNoteholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Notwithstanding anything in this Servicing Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.01) and the Master Servicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (unless except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.07, the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (ii) cause the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions). The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Propertydelegate its responsibilities under this Servicing Agreement; provided, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loanhowever, that no such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by delegation shall release the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by from the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Servicing Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with (i) the terms of the respective Mortgage Loans and any insurance policies related thereto, (ii) all Applicable Regulations, (iii) the terms of this Agreement Agreement, (iv) the Loss Mitigation Action Plan, if applicable, and (v) to the extent consistent with the preceding requirements, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer’s obligation to make Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer’s or any Sub-Servicer’s right to receive compensation for their own account in its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction (the “Servicing Standard”). Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoingMortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.026.06, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when Trustee, in accordance with the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentservicing standards set forth above, to (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, or of forbearance, or of modification and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, in the name of the Trust Fund, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service , (iii) to market, sell and administer transfer title of REO Properties held in the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state name of the Trust Fund to third party purchasers upon terms and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall furnish to conditions the Master Servicer deems reasonable under the Servicing Standard, (iv) to bring or respond to civil actions or complaints (in its own name or that of the Trust Fund or the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund) related to any Mortgage Loan, Mortgaged Property or REO Property held by the Trust Fund and (v) to execute any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other documents document necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to carry out its servicing and any Sub- administrative duties hereunder consistent with the Servicing Standard. At the written request of the Master Servicer, the Trustee shall execute and furnish to the Master Servicer such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to carry out their its servicing and administrative duties hereunder. By execution of this Agreement, the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to execute any and all documents necessary to carry out any and all servicing duties described in this Agreement (including the taking of and transferring title of REO Properties to third parties held in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Trust) and expressly confirms that this paragraph along with the face page and a copy of the signature page (duly executed) to this Agreement shall constitute the power of attorney for evidentiary and/or recording purposes. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.04(d) hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraphServicing Standard, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.093.04(d), and further as provided in Section 3.113.05(a). No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Master Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is in conformity with the Servicing Standard; provided, however, that: (A) the Master Servicer shall not make future advances (except as provided in Section 4.03); (B) the Master Servicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, defer or forgive the payment of any principal or interest payments, reduce the outstanding Stated Principal Balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or extend the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless as provided in Section 3.02, (i) the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or (ii) such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable); and (C) make the Master Servicer shall not consent to (i) partial releases of Mortgages, (ii) alterations, (iii) removal, demolition or permit any modificationdivision of properties subject to Mortgages, waiver (iv) modification or amendment of any term of (v) second mortgage subordination agreements with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would would: (i) affect adversely the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC, (ii) cause any Trust REMIC to be subject to a tax on “prohibited transactions” or “contributions” pursuant to the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) both (ix) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiy) cause any Trust REMIC constituting part of the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "“prohibited transactions" ” or "“contributions" ” after the startup date Startup Day under the REMIC Provisions. The To the extent consistent with the terms of this Agreement, including Section 2.03 and Section 2.05, the Master Servicer may approve waive (or permit a request for Sub-Servicer to waive) a partial release Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans and (ii) such waiver relates to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Mortgaged PropertyMaster Servicer, easement, consent to alteration or demolition maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected The Master Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release the Master Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement. All references to Master Servicer in this Agreement shall be deemed to include any Sub-Servicer duly appointed by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor pursuant to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans for their own account in the respective states in which local areas where the related Mortgaged Properties are locatedProperty is located but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership or non-ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer’s obligation to make Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer’s or any Sub-Servicer’s right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the foregoingabove-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that it may deem necessary or desirablein accordance with policies and procedures generally accepted in the mortgage banking industry. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentjudgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, and upon notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. The Master Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.163.17, the Trustee Trustee, shall execute, at the written direction of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to the Master Servicer and each Sub-Servicer a power of attorney to carry out such duties including a power of attorney to take title to Mortgaged Properties after foreclosure on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders. The Trustee, at the direction of the Master Servicer, shall execute a separate power of attorney in favor of (and furnish such power of attorney to) the Master Servicer and/or each Sub-Servicer for the purposes described herein to the extent necessary or desirable to enable the Master Servicer to perform its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.09 hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from collections on the related collections Mortgage Loans from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.04) and the Master Servicer shall not (unless i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.07, the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (iA) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiB) cause the any Trust Fund REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "“prohibited transactions" ” or "contributions" contributions after the startup date day under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent Master Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement. With respect to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related each Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing will furnish, or cause to be furnished, information regarding the borrower credit file related to such request will be retained by Mortgage Loan to credit reporting agencies in compliance with the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship provisions of the Master Servicer (Fair Credit Reporting Act and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agentapplicable implementing regulations.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service supervise, monitor and administer oversee the Mortgage Loans for the benefit obligation of the Certificateholders, in accordance with this Agreement and the customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable mortgage loans for their own account in the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject Servicer to the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law the terms of this Agreement and shall provide have full power and authority to the Mortgagors do any reports required to be provided to them therebyand all things which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such master servicing and administration. Subject to Section 3.16In performing its obligations hereunder, the Trustee Master Servicer shall furnish act in a manner consistent with Accepted Master Servicing Practices. Furthermore, the Master Servicer shall oversee and consult with the Servicer as necessary from time-to-time to carry out the Master Servicer’s obligations hereunder, shall receive, review and evaluate all reports, information and other data provided to the Master Servicer by the Servicer and shall cause the Servicer to perform and observe the covenants, obligations and conditions to be performed or observed by the Servicer under this Agreement. The Master Servicer shall independently monitor the Servicer’s servicing activities with respect to each Mortgage Loan, reconcile the results of such monitoring with such information provided in the previous sentence on a monthly basis and coordinate corrective adjustments to the Servicer’s and Master Servicer’s records, and based on such reconciled and corrected information, the Master Servicer shall provide such information to the Trust Administrator as shall be necessary in order for it to prepare the statements specified in Section 4.02, and prepare any Sub-other information and statements required to be forwarded by the Master Servicer hereunder. The Master Servicer shall reconcile the results of its Mortgage Loan monitoring with the actual remittances of the Servicer to the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.10. The Trustee shall furnish the Servicer and the Master Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents in form as provided to it necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer and the Master Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties. The Trustee and the Trust Administrator shall provide access to the records and documentation in possession of the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, as applicable, regarding the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties and the servicing thereof to the Certificateholders, the FDIC, and the supervisory agents and examiners of the FDIC, such access being afforded only upon reasonable prior written request and during normal business hours at the office of the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, as applicable; provided, however, that, unless otherwise required by law, neither the Trustee nor the Trust Administrator shall be required to provide access to such records and documentation if the provision thereof would violate the legal right to privacy of any Sub- Servicer Mortgagor. The Trustee and the Trust Administrator shall allow representatives of the above entities to carry out their servicing photocopy any of the records and administrative duties hereunderdocumentation and shall provide equipment for that purpose at a charge that covers the Trustee’s or Trust Administrator’s, as applicable, actual costs. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any action taken by execute and deliver to the Servicer and the Master Servicer any court pleadings, requests for trustee’s sale or any Sub-Servicer pursuant other documents necessary or desirable to (i) the application of such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance foreclosure or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Servicers in effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties shall, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit. The Master Servicer shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default trustee’s sale with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and a Mortgaged Property; (ii) cause any legal action brought to obtain judgment against any Mortgagor on the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as Mortgage Note or Security Instrument; (iii) obtain a REMIC under deficiency judgment against the Code Mortgagor; or the imposition of (iv) enforce any tax on "prohibited transactions" other rights or "contributions" after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected remedies provided by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensationMortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise available at law or equity. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agentSECTION 3A.02. [Reserved].

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service supervise, or take such actions as are necessary to ensure, the servicing and administer administration of the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Certificateholders, and any REO Property in accordance with this Agreement and its normal servicing practices, which generally shall conform to the customary and usual standards (i) of practice the Servicing Guide, if Impac Funding Corporation is Master Servicer, or (ii) if Impac Funding Corporation is not the Master Servicer, of prudent institutional mortgage lenders an institution prudently servicing comparable mortgage loans for their its own account and shall have full authority to do anything it reasonably deems appropriate or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration. To the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through waive (or permit a Sub-Servicers Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only if such waiver would maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and related Mortgage Loan and doing so is standard and customary in servicing mortgage loans similar to the Mortgage Loans (including any waiver of a Prepayment Charge in connection with a refinancing of a Mortgage Loan that is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default), and in no event will it waive a Prepayment Charge in connection with a refinancing of a Mortgage Loan that is not related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default. The Master Servicer may perform its responsibilities relating to servicing through other agents or independent contractors, but shall not thereby be released from any of its responsibilities as provided hereinafter set forth. The authority of the Master Servicer, in Section 3.02its capacity as master servicer, and any Sub-Servicer acting on its behalf, shall include, without limitation, the power to do (i) consult with and advise any Sub-Servicer regarding administration of a related Mortgage Loan, (ii) approve any recommendation by a Sub-Servicer to foreclose on a related Mortgage Loan, (iii) supervise the filing and collection of insurance claims and take or cause to be done taken such actions on behalf of the insured Person thereunder as shall be reasonably necessary to prevent the denial of coverage thereunder, and (iv) effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing a related Mortgage Loan, including the employment of attorneys, the institution of legal proceedings, the collection of deficiency judgments, the acceptance of compromise proposals, the filing of claims under any Insurance Policy and all things any other matter pertaining to a delinquent Mortgage Loan. The authority of the Master Servicer shall include, in connection with such servicing addition, the power on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Trustee or any of them to (i) execute and administration that it may deem necessary deliver customary consents or desirablewaivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) consent to transfer of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the related Mortgage Notes and Security Instruments (in the manner provided in this Agreement) and (iii) collect any Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer acting on its behalf may, and is hereby authorized, and empowered by the Trustee to, execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Certificateholders or the Trustee or any of them, any instruments of satisfaction, cancellation, partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans, the Insurance Policies and the accounts related thereto, and the Mortgaged Properties. The Master Servicer may exercise this power in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them therebyServicer. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to carry out such duties. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be obligated to make such advance if, in its good faith judgment, the Master Servicer determines that such advance to be a Nonrecoverable Advance. No costs The Master Servicer is authorized and empowered by the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, in its own name or in the name of any Subservicer, when the Master Servicer or such Subservicer, as the case may be, believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence shall be borne by the Master Servicer in accordance with Section 3.17, with no right of reimbursement; provided, that if, as a result of MERS discontinuing or by Sub- Servicers becoming unable to continue operations in effecting connection with the payment of taxes and assessments MERS System, it becomes necessary to remove any Mortgage Loan from registration on the Mortgaged Properties shall, MERS System and to arrange for the purpose assignment of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added the related Mortgages to the amount owing under Trustee, then any related expenses shall be reimbursable to the related Mortgage LoansMaster Servicer from the Trust Fund. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit. The Master Servicer shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (ii) cause the Trust Fund any of REMIC 1, REMIC 2 or REMIC 3 to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer’s obligation to make Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer’s or any Sub-Servicer’s right to receive compensation for their own account in its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall also seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoingMortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentjudgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, and upon notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. The Master Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under each Primary Insurance Policy and any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.163.17, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to carry out such duties. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Master Servicer further is authorized and empowered by the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, in its own name or in the name of the Sub-Servicer, when the Master Servicer or the Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence shall be borne by the Master Servicer in accordance with Section 3.18, with no right of reimbursement; provided, that if, as a result of MERS discontinuing or becoming unable to continue operations in connection with the MERS System, it becomes necessary to remove any Mortgage Loan from registration on the MERS System and to arrange for the assignment of the related Mortgages to the Trustee, then any related expenses shall be reimbursable to the Master Servicer. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.06) and the Master Servicer shall not (unless i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Loan Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.07, the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (iA) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiB) cause either the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "“prohibited transactions" ” or "contributions" “contributions after the startup date date” under the REMIC Provisions. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or the Additional Collateral Servicing Agreement to the contrary, except as provided below, the Master Servicer shall have no duty or obligation to service and administer the Additional Collateral and the Master Servicer shall not be deemed to be the Additional Collateral Servicer, unless and until MLCC’s obligations to administer the Additional Collateral under the Additional Collateral Servicing Agreement have been terminated with respect to the Additional Collateral Mortgage Loans, in which case, the Master Servicer shall be bound to service and administer the Additional Collateral and the Limited Purpose Surety Bond in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the related Additional Collateral Agreements from the date of such termination. The Trustee, as assignee of the Additional Collateral Servicing Agreement, shall enforce the obligations of MLCC to service and administer the Additional Collateral as provided in the Additional Collateral Servicing Agreement, and shall take appropriate action thereunder if MLCC fails to substantially comply with its obligations to administer the Additional Collateral. In the event the Trustee receives an indemnification payment from MLCC under Section 3 of the Additional Collateral Servicing Agreement that is attributable to losses resulting from MLCC’s failure to administer the Additional Collateral in accordance with the terms of the Additional Collateral Servicing Agreement in connection with Additional Collateral Mortgage Loans, the Trustee shall deposit such amount in the Collection Account. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Propertydelegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loanhowever, that no such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by delegation shall release the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by from the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with (i) the terms of the respective Mortgage Loans and any insurance policies related thereto, (ii) all Applicable Regulations, (iii) the terms of this Agreement Agreement, (iv) the Loss Mitigation Action Plan, if applicable, and (v) to the extent consistent with the preceding requirements, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer’s obligation to make Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer’s or any Sub-Servicer’s right to receive compensation for their own account in its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction (the “Servicing Standard”). Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoingMortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.026.06, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when Trustee, in accordance with the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentservicing standards set forth above, to (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, or of forbearance, or of modification and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, in the name of the Trust Fund, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service , (iii) to market, sell and administer transfer title of REO Properties held in the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state name of the Trust Fund to third party purchasers upon terms and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall furnish to conditions the Master Servicer deems reasonable under the Servicing Standard, (iv) to bring or respond to civil actions or complaints (in its own name or that of the Trust Fund or the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund) related to any Mortgage Loan, Mortgaged Property or REO Property held by the Trust Fund and (v) to execute any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other documents document necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to carry out its servicing and any Sub- administrative duties hereunder consistent with the Servicing Standard. At the written request of the Master Servicer, the Trustee shall execute and furnish to the Master Servicer such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to carry out their its servicing and administrative duties hereunder. By execution of this Agreement, the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to execute any and all documents necessary to carry out any and all servicing duties described in this Agreement (including the taking of and transferring title of REO Properties to third parties held in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Trust) and expressly confirms that this paragraph along with the face page and a copy of the signature page (duly executed) to this Agreement shall constitute the power of attorney for evidentiary and/or recording purposes. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.04(d) hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraphServicing Standard, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.093.04(d), and further as provided in Section 3.113.05(a). No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Master Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is in conformity with the Servicing Standard; provided, however, that: (A) the Master Servicer shall not make future advances (except as provided in Section 4.03); (B) the Master Servicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, defer or forgive the payment of any principal or interest payments, reduce the outstanding Stated Principal Balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or extend the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless as provided in Section 3.02, (i) the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or (ii) such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable); and (C) make the Master Servicer shall not consent to (i) partial releases of Mortgages, (ii) alterations, (iii) removal, demolition or permit any modificationdivision of properties subject to Mortgages, waiver (iv) modification or amendment of any term of (v) second mortgage subordination agreements with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would would: (i) affect adversely the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC, (ii) cause any Trust REMIC to be subject to a tax on “prohibited transactions” or “contributions” pursuant to the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) both (ix) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiy) cause any Trust REMIC constituting part of the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "“prohibited transactions" ” or "“contributions" ” after the startup date Startup Day under the REMIC Provisions. The To the extent consistent with the terms of this Agreement, including Section 2.03 and Section 2.05, the Master Servicer may approve waive (or permit a request for Sub-Servicer to waive) a partial release Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans and (ii) such waiver relates to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Mortgaged PropertyMaster Servicer, easement, consent to alteration or demolition maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected The Master Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release the Master Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement. All references to Master Servicer in this Agreement shall be deemed to include any Sub-Servicer duly appointed by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor pursuant to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust Estate and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Noteholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Servicing Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership or non-ownership of any Note by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for their own account its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer (a) shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes and (b) shall waive (or permit a Sub-Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver would, in the respective states reasonable judgment of the Master Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in which connection with a refinancing of the Mortgaged Properties are locatedrelated Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related mortgagor has stated to the Master Servicer or an applicable Sub-Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Master Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such mortgagor to refinance with the Master Servicer or (iii) collection of the related Prepayment Charge would violate applicable law. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting both of the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) or (iii) above, then the Master Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, by depositing such amount into the Collection Account together with and at the time that the amount prepaid on the related Mortgage Loan is required to be deposited into the Collection Account. Subject only to the foregoingabove-described servicing standards and the terms of this Servicing Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Indenture Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentjudgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders Trust Estate, the Issuer, the Noteholders and the Indenture Trustee or any of them, and upon written notice to the Indenture Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Indenture Trustee and CertificateholdersNoteholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. The Master Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Servicing Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.163.17, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder. The hereunder and the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.09 hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged PropertiesProperties in a manner and at a time that avoids the loss of the Mortgaged Property due to a tax sale or the foreclosure as a result of a tax lien, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions payments to CertificateholdersNoteholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Notwithstanding anything in this Servicing Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.01) and the Master Servicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (unless except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.07, the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (ii) cause the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions). The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Propertydelegate its responsibilities under this Servicing Agreement; provided, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loanhowever, that no such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by delegation shall release the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by from the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Servicing Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for their own account in its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall also seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoingMortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentjudgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, and upon notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and any Sub- Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any action taken by the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Servicers in effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties shall, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit. The Master Servicer shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (ii) cause the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.and

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust Estate and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Noteholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Servicing Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership or non-ownership of any Note by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for their own account its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer (a) shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes and (b) shall waive (or permit a Sub-Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver would, in the respective states reasonable judgement of the Master Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in which connection with a refinancing of the Mortgaged Properties are locatedrelated Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related mortgagor has stated to the Master Servicer or an applicable Sub-Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Master Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgement that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such mortgagor to refinance with the Master Servicer or (iii) collection of the related Prepayment Charge would violate applicable law. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting both of the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Master Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, by depositing such amount into the Collection Account together with and at the time that the amount prepaid on the related Mortgage Loan is required to be deposited into the Collection Account. Subject only to the foregoingabove-described servicing standards and the terms of this Servicing Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Indenture Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentjudgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders Trust Estate, the Issuer, the Noteholders and the Indenture Trustee or any of them, and upon written notice to the Indenture Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Indenture Trustee and CertificateholdersNoteholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. The Master Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Servicing Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.163.17, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder. The hereunder and the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.09 hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged PropertiesProperties in a manner and at a time that avoids the loss of the Mortgaged Property due to a tax sale or the foreclosure as a result of a tax lien, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions payments to CertificateholdersNoteholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Notwithstanding anything in this Servicing Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.01) and the Master Servicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (unless except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.07, the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (ii) cause the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions). The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Propertydelegate its responsibilities under this Servicing Agreement; provided, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loanhowever, that no such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by delegation shall release the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by from the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Servicing Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for their own account in its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall also seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoingMortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentjudgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, and upon notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. The Master Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under each Primary Insurance Policy and any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.163.17, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to carry out such duties. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Master Servicer further is authorized and empowered by the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, in its own name or in the name of the Sub-Servicer, when the Master Servicer or the Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence shall be borne by the Master Servicer in accordance with Section 3.18, with no right of reimbursement; provided, that if, as a result of MERS discontinuing or becoming unable to continue operations in connection with the MERS System, it becomes necessary to remove any Mortgage Loan from registration on the MERS System and to arrange for the assignment of the related Mortgages to the Trustee, then any related expenses shall be reimbursable to the Master Servicer. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.06) and the Master Servicer shall not (unless i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Loan Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.07, the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (iA) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiB) cause either the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" contributions after the startup date date" under the REMIC Provisions. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or the Additional Collateral Servicing Agreement to the contrary, except as provided below, the Master Servicer shall have no duty or obligation to service and administer the Additional Collateral and the Master Servicer shall not be deemed to be the Additional Collateral Servicer, unless and until MLCC's obligations to administer the Additional Collateral under the Additional Collateral Servicing Agreement have been terminated with respect to the Additional Collateral Mortgage Loans, in which case, the Master Servicer shall be bound to service and administer the Additional Collateral and the Limited Purpose Surety Bond in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the related Additional Collateral Agreements from the date of such termination. The Trustee, as assignee of the Additional Collateral Servicing Agreement, shall enforce the obligations of MLCC to service and administer the Additional Collateral as provided in the Additional Collateral Servicing Agreement, and shall take appropriate action thereunder if MLCC fails to substantially comply with its obligations to administer the Additional Collateral. In the event the Trustee receives an indemnification payment from MLCC under Section 3 of the Additional Collateral Servicing Agreement that is attributable to losses resulting from MLCC's failure to administer the Additional Collateral in accordance with the terms of the Additional Collateral Servicing Agreement in connection with Additional Collateral Mortgage Loans, the Trustee shall deposit such amount in the Collection Account. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Propertydelegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loanhowever, that no such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by delegation shall release the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by from the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans for their own account in the respective states in which local areas where the related Mortgaged Properties are locatedProperty is located but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership or non-ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the foregoingabove-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that it may deem necessary or desirablein accordance with policies and procedures generally accepted in the mortgage banking industry. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentjudgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, and upon notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. The Master Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.163.17, the Trustee Trustee, shall execute, at the written direction of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to the Master Servicer and each Sub-Servicer a power of attorney to carry out such duties including a power of attorney to take title to Mortgaged Properties after foreclosure on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders. The Trustee, at the direction of the Master Servicer, shall execute a separate power of attorney in favor of (and furnish such power of attorney to) the Master Servicer and/or each Sub-Servicer for the purposes described herein to the extent necessary or desirable to enable the Master Servicer to perform its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.09 hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from collections on the related collections Mortgage Loans from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.04) and the Master Servicer shall not (unless i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.07, the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (iA) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiB) cause the any Trust Fund REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" contributions after the startup date day under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration Master Servicer from the responsibilities or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related liabilities arising under this Agreement. For each Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship accurately and fully report its borrower credit files to each of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of Credit Repositories in a joint venturer, partner or agenttimely manner.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service supervise, or take such actions as are necessary to ensure, the servicing and administer administration of the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Certificateholders, and any REO Property in accordance with this Agreement and its normal servicing practices, which generally shall conform to the customary and usual standards (i) of practice the Servicing Guide, if Impac Funding Corporation is Master Servicer, or (ii) if Impac Funding Corporation is not the Master Servicer, of prudent institutional mortgage lenders an institution prudently servicing comparable mortgage loans for their its own account and shall have full authority to do anything it reasonably deems appropriate or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration. To the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through waive (or permit a Sub-Servicers Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only if such waiver would maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and related Mortgage Loan and doing so is standard and customary in servicing mortgage loans similar to the Mortgage Loans (including any waiver of a Prepayment Charge in connection with a refinancing of a Mortgage Loan that is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default), and in no event will it waive a Prepayment Charge in connection with a refinancing of a Mortgage Loan that is not related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default. The Master Servicer may perform its responsibilities relating to servicing through other agents or independent contractors, but shall not thereby be released from any of its responsibilities as provided hereinafter set forth. The authority of the Master Servicer, in Section 3.02its capacity as master servicer, and any Sub-Servicer acting on its behalf, shall include, without limitation, the power to do (i) consult with and advise any Sub-Servicer regarding administration of a related Mortgage Loan, (ii) approve any recommendation by a Sub-Servicer to foreclose on a related Mortgage Loan, (iii) supervise the filing and collection of insurance claims and take or cause to be done taken such actions on behalf of the insured Person thereunder as shall be reasonably necessary to prevent the denial of coverage thereunder, and (iv) effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing a related Mortgage Loan, including the employment of attorneys, the institution of legal proceedings, the collection of deficiency judgments, the acceptance of compromise proposals, the filing of claims under any Insurance Policy and all things any other matter pertaining to a delinquent Mortgage Loan. The authority of the Master Servicer shall include, in connection addition, the power on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Trustee or any of them to (i) execute and deliver customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) consent to transfer of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the related Mortgage Notes and Security Instruments (in the manner provided in this Agreement) and (iii) collect any Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds. If permitted under applicable law without predjudicing any rights of the Trust Fund with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer, with such servicing and administration that it documentation as local law requires, acting in its own name, may deem necessary or desirablepursue claims on behalf of the Trust Fund. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer acting on its behalf may, and is hereby authorized, and empowered by the Trustee to, execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Certificateholders or the Trustee or any of them, any instruments of satisfaction, cancellation, partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans, the Insurance Policies and the accounts related thereto, and the Mortgaged Properties. The Master Servicer may exercise this power in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them therebyServicer. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to carry out such duties. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be obligated to make such advance if, in its good faith judgment, the Master Servicer determines that such advance to be a Nonrecoverable Advance. No costs The Master Servicer is authorized and empowered by the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, in its own name or in the name of any Subservicer, when the Master Servicer or such Subservicer, as the case may be, believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence shall be borne by the Master Servicer in accordance with Section 3.17, with no right of reimbursement; provided, that if, as a result of MERS discontinuing or by Sub- Servicers becoming unable to continue operations in effecting connection with the payment of taxes and assessments MERS System, it becomes necessary to remove any Mortgage Loan from registration on the Mortgaged Properties shall, MERS System and to arrange for the purpose assignment of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added the related Mortgages to the amount owing under Trustee, then any related expenses shall be reimbursable to the related Mortgage LoansMaster Servicer from the Trust Fund. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit. The Master Servicer shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (ii) cause the Trust Fund any of REMIC 1, REMIC 2 or REMIC 3 to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust Estate and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Noteholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Servicing Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership or non-ownership of any Note by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer’s obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer’s or any Sub-Servicer’s right to receive compensation for their own account its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer (a) shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes and (b) shall waive (or permit a Sub-Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver would, in the respective states reasonable judgment of the Master Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in which connection with a refinancing of the Mortgaged Properties are locatedrelated Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related mortgagor has stated to the Master Servicer or an applicable Sub-Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Master Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgement that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such mortgagor to refinance with the Master Servicer or (iii) collection of the related Prepayment Charge would violate applicable law. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting both of the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) or (iii) above, then the Master Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, by depositing such amount into the Collection Account together with and at the time that the amount prepaid on the related Mortgage Loan is required to be deposited into the Collection Account. Subject only to the foregoingabove-described servicing standards and the terms of this Servicing Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Indenture Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentjudgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders Trust Estate, the Issuer, the Noteholders and the Indenture Trustee or any of them, and upon written notice to the Indenture Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Indenture Trustee and CertificateholdersNoteholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. The Master Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Servicing Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.163.17, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder. The hereunder and the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.09 hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged PropertiesProperties in a manner and at a time that avoids the loss of the Mortgaged Property due to a tax sale or the foreclosure as a result of a tax lien, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions payments to CertificateholdersNoteholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Notwithstanding anything in this Servicing Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.01) and the Master Servicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (unless except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.07, the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (ii) cause the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions). The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Propertydelegate its responsibilities under this Servicing Agreement; provided, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loanhowever, that no such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by delegation shall release the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by from the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Servicing Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership or non-ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for their own account its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer (a) shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes and (b) shall waive (or permit a subservicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver would, in the respective states reasonable judgement of the Master Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in which connection with a refinancing of the Mortgaged Properties are locatedrelated Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related mortgagor has stated to the Master Servicer or an applicable subservicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Master Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgement that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such mortgagor to refinance with the Master Servicer. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Master Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge, for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Collection Account together with and at the time that the amount prepaid on the related Mortgage Loan is required to be deposited into the Collection Account. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Master Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Subject only to the foregoingabove-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentjudgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, and upon notice to the Trustee or any of themand the Trust Administrator, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. The Master Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.163.17, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder. The hereunder and the Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Sub- Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.09 hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.03) and the Master Servicer shall not (unless i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.07, the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (iA) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiB) cause the Trust Fund any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" contributions after the startup date date" under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Propertydelegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loanhowever, that no such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by delegation shall release the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by from the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service supervise, or take such actions as are necessary to ensure, the servicing and administer administration of the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Certificateholders, and any REO Property in accordance with this Agreement and its normal servicing practices, which generally shall conform to the customary and usual standards (i) of practice the Servicing Guide, if Impac Funding Corporation is Master Servicer, or (ii) if Impac Funding Corporation is not the Master Servicer, of prudent institutional mortgage lenders an institution prudently servicing comparable mortgage loans for their its own account and shall have full authority to do anything it reasonably deems appropriate or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration. To the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through waive (or permit a Sub-Servicers Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only if such waiver would maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and related Mortgage Loan and doing so is standard and customary in servicing mortgage loans similar to the Mortgage Loans (including any waiver of a Prepayment Charge in connection with a refinancing of a Mortgage Loan that is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default), and in no event will it waive a Prepayment Charge in connection with a refinancing of a Mortgage Loan that is not related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default. The Master Servicer may perform its responsibilities relating to servicing through other agents or independent contractors, but shall not thereby be released from any of its responsibilities as provided hereinafter set forth. The authority of the Master Servicer, in Section 3.02its capacity as master servicer, and any Sub-Servicer acting on its behalf, shall include, without limitation, the power to do (i) consult with and advise any Sub-Servicer regarding administration of a related Mortgage Loan, (ii) approve any recommendation by a Sub-Servicer to foreclose on a related Mortgage Loan, (iii) supervise the filing and collection of insurance claims and take or cause to be done taken such actions on behalf of the insured Person thereunder as shall be reasonably necessary to prevent the denial of coverage thereunder, and (iv) effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing a related Mortgage Loan, including the employment of attorneys, the institution of legal proceedings, the collection of deficiency judgments, the acceptance of compromise proposals, the filing of claims under any Insurance Policy and all things any other matter pertaining to a delinquent Mortgage Loan. The authority of the Master Servicer shall include, in connection addition, the power on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Trustee or any of them to (i) execute and deliver customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) consent to transfer of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the related Mortgage Notes and Security Instruments (in the manner provided in this Agreement) and (iii) collect any Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds. If permitted under applicable law without predjudicing any rights of the Trust Fund with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer, with such servicing and administration that it documentation as local law requires, acting in its own name, may deem necessary or desirablepursue claims on behalf of the Trust Fund. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer acting on its behalf may, and is hereby authorized, and empowered by the Trustee to, execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Certificateholders or the Trustee or any of them, any instruments of satisfaction, cancellation, partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans, the Insurance Policies and the accounts related thereto, and the Mortgaged Properties. The Master Servicer may exercise this power in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them therebyServicer. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to carry out such duties. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be obligated to make such advance if, in its good faith judgment, the Master Servicer determines that such advance to be a Nonrecoverable Advance. No costs The Master Servicer is authorized and empowered by the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, in its own name or in the name of any Subservicer, when the Master Servicer or such Subservicer, as the case may be, believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence shall be borne by the Master Servicer in accordance with Section 3.17, with no right of reimbursement; provided, that if, as a result of MERS discontinuing or by Sub- Servicers becoming unable to continue operations in effecting connection with the payment of taxes and assessments MERS System, it becomes necessary to remove any Mortgage Loan from registration on the Mortgaged Properties shall, MERS System and to arrange for the purpose assignment of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added the related Mortgages to the amount owing under Trustee, then any related expenses shall be reimbursable to the related Mortgage LoansMaster Servicer from the Trust Fund. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit. The Master Servicer shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (ii) cause the Trust Fund any of REMIC 1, REMIC 2 or REMIC 3 to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "“prohibited transactions" ” or "“contributions" ” after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust Fund and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership or non-ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for their own account its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer (a) shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes and (b) shall waive (or permit a Sub-Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver would, in the respective states reasonable judgement of the Master Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in which connection with a refinancing of the Mortgaged Properties are locatedrelated Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related mortgagor has stated to the Master Servicer or an applicable Sub-Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Master Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgement that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such mortgagor to refinance with the Master Servicer or (iii) collection of the related Prepayment Charge would violate applicable law. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting both of the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Master Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge, for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Collection Account together with and at the time that the amount prepaid on the related Mortgage Loan is required to be deposited into the Collection Account. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Master Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Subject only to the foregoingabove-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentjudgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trust Fund, the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, and upon written notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. The Master Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.163.17, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder. The hereunder and the Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.09 hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.03) and the Master Servicer shall not (unless i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.07, the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (iA) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiB) cause the any Trust Fund REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" contributions after the startup date date" under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Propertydelegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loanhowever, that no such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by delegation shall release the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by from the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with (i) the terms of the respective Mortgage Loans and any insurance policies related thereto, (ii) all Applicable Regulations, (iii) the terms of this Agreement Agreement, (iv) the Loss Mitigation Action Plan, if applicable, and (v) to the extent consistent with the preceding requirements, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for their own account in its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction (the "Servicing Standard"). Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoingMortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.026.06, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when Trustee, in accordance with the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentservicing standards set forth above, to (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, or of forbearance, or of modification and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, in the name of the Trust Fund, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Subject to Section 3.16Trustee, the Trustee shall furnish Certificate Insurer and the Certificateholders, (iii) to market, sell and transfer title of REO Properties held in the name of the Trust Fund to third party purchasers upon terms and conditions the Master Servicer deems reasonable under the Servicing Standard, (iv) to bring or respond to civil actions or complaints (in its own name or that of the Trust Fund or the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund) related to any Mortgage Loan, Mortgaged Property or REO Property held by the Trust Fund and (v) execute any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other documents document necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to carry out its servicing and any Sub- administrative duties hereunder consistent with the Servicing Standard. At the written request of the Master Servicer, the Trustee shall execute and furnish to the Master Servicer such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to carry out their its servicing and administrative duties hereunder. By execution of this Agreement, the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to execute any and all documents necessary to carry out any and all servicing duties described in this Agreement (including the taking of and transferring title of REO Properties to third parties held in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Trust) and expressly confirms that this paragraph along with the face page and a copy of the signature page (duly executed) to this Agreement shall constitute the power of attorney for evidentiary and/or recording purposes. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.04(d) hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraphServicing Standard, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.093.04(d), and further as provided in Section 3.113.05(a). No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Master Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is in conformity with the Servicing Standard; provided, however, that: (A) the Master Servicer shall not make future advances (except as provided in Section 4.03); (B) the Master Servicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, defer or forgive the payment of any principal or interest payments, reduce the outstanding Stated Principal Balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or extend the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless as provided in Section 3.02, (i) the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or (ii) such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable); and (C) make the Master Servicer shall not consent to (i) partial releases of Mortgages, (ii) alterations, (iii) removal, demolition or permit any modificationdivision of properties subject to Mortgages, waiver (iv) modification or amendment of any term of (v) second mortgage subordination agreements with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would would: (i) affect adversely the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC, (ii) cause any Trust REMIC to be subject to a tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" pursuant to the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) both (ix) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiy) cause any Trust REMIC constituting part of the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the startup date Startup Day under the REMIC Provisions. The To the extent consistent with the terms of this Agreement, including Section 2.03 and Section 2.05, the Master Servicer may approve waive (or permit a request for Sub-Servicer to waive) a partial release Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans and (ii) such waiver relates to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Mortgaged PropertyMaster Servicer, easement, consent to alteration or demolition maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected The Master Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release the Master Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement. All references to Master Servicer in this Agreement shall be deemed to include any Sub-Servicer duly appointed by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor pursuant to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust Fund and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (A) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (B) the ownership or non-ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (C) the Master Servicer's obligation to make Advances or Servicing Advances; or (D) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for their own account its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer (a) shall seek the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes and (b) shall waive (or permit a Sub-Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver relates to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the respective states reasonable judgment of the Master Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan or (B) such waiver is made in which connection with a refinancing of the Mortgaged Properties are locatedrelated Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related mortgagor has stated to the Master Servicer or an applicable Sub- Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Master Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgement that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such mortgagor to refinance with the Master Servicer; provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall waive no more than 5.00% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth on the Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clause (ii)(B) above. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Master Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge, for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Collection Account together with and at the time that the amount prepaid on the related Mortgage Loan is required to be deposited into the Collection Account. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Master Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Subject only to the foregoingabove-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentjudgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, and upon notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. The Master Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.163.17, within 15 days of the Closing Date, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder; provided, such limited powers of attorney or other documents shall be prepared by the Master Servicer and submitted to the Trustee for execution. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.09 hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid Principal Balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.03) and the Master Servicer shall not (unless i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the Principal Balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.07, the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (iA) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiB) cause the Trust Fund any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" contributions after the startup date date" under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service supervise, or take such actions as are necessary to ensure, the servicing and administer administration of the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Certificateholders, and any REO Property in accordance with this Agreement and its normal servicing practices, which generally shall conform to the customary and usual standards (i) of practice the Servicing Guide, if Impac Funding Corporation is Master Servicer, or (ii) if Impac Funding Corporation is not the Master Servicer, of prudent institutional mortgage lenders an institution prudently servicing comparable mortgage loans for their its own account and shall have full authority to do anything it reasonably deems appropriate or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration. To the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through waive (or permit a Sub-Servicers Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only if such waiver would maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and related Mortgage Loan and doing so is standard and customary in servicing mortgage loans similar to the Mortgage Loans (including any waiver of a Prepayment Charge in connection with a refinancing of a Mortgage Loan that is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default), and in no event will it waive a Prepayment Charge in connection with a refinancing of a Mortgage Loan that is not related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default. The Master Servicer may perform its responsibilities relating to servicing through other agents or independent contractors, but shall not thereby be released from any of its responsibilities as provided hereinafter set forth. The authority of the Master Servicer, in Section 3.02its capacity as master servicer, and any Sub-Servicer acting on its behalf, shall include, without limitation, the power to do (i) consult with and advise any Sub-Servicer regarding administration of a related Mortgage Loan, (ii) approve any recommendation by a Sub-Servicer to foreclose on a related Mortgage Loan, (iii) supervise the filing and collection of insurance claims and take or cause to be done taken such actions on behalf of the insured Person thereunder as shall be reasonably necessary to prevent the denial of coverage thereunder, and (iv) effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing a related Mortgage Loan, including the employment of attorneys, the institution of legal proceedings, the collection of deficiency judgments, the acceptance of compromise proposals, the filing of claims under any Insurance Policy and all things any other matter pertaining to a Delinquent Mortgage Loan. The authority of the Master Servicer shall include, in connection addition, the power on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Trustee or any of them to (i) execute and deliver customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) consent to transfer of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the related Mortgage Notes and Security Instruments (in the manner provided in this Agreement) and (iii) collect any Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds. If permitted under applicable law without prejudicing any rights of the Trust Fund with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer, with such servicing and administration that it documentation as local law requires, acting in its own name, may deem necessary or desirablepursue claims on behalf of the Trust Fund. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer acting on its behalf may, and is hereby authorized, and empowered by the Trustee to, execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Certificateholders or the Trustee or any of them, any instruments of satisfaction, cancellation, partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, the Insurance Policies and the accounts related thereto, and the Mortgaged Properties. The Master Servicer may exercise this power in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them therebyServicer. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to carry out such duties. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be obligated to make such advance if, in its reasonable good faith judgment, the Master Servicer determines that such advance is a Nonrecoverable Advance. No costs The Master Servicer is authorized and empowered by the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, in its own name or in the name of any Sub-Servicer, when the Master Servicer or such Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence shall be borne by the Master Servicer in accordance with Section 3.17, with no right of reimbursement; provided, that if, as a result of MERS discontinuing or by Sub- Servicers becoming unable to continue operations in effecting connection with the payment of taxes and assessments MERS System, it becomes necessary to remove any Mortgage Loan from registration on the Mortgaged Properties shall, MERS System and to arrange for the purpose assignment of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added the related Mortgages to the amount owing under Trustee, then any related expenses shall be reimbursable to the related Mortgage LoansMaster Servicer from the Trust Fund. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit. The Master Servicer shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and or (ii) cause the Trust Fund any of REMIC 1, REMIC 2 or REMIC 3 to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or become subject to the imposition of any tax on "“prohibited transactions" ” or "“contributions" ” after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service supervise, monitor and administer oversee the Mortgage Loans for the benefit obligation of the Certificateholders, in accordance with this Agreement and the customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable mortgage loans for their own account in the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject Servicer to the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law the terms of this Agreement and shall provide have full power and authority to the Mortgagors do any reports required to be provided to them therebyand all things which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such master servicing and administration. Subject to Section 3.16In performing its obligations hereunder, the Trustee Master Servicer shall furnish act in a manner consistent with Accepted Master Servicing Practices. Furthermore, the Master Servicer shall oversee and consult with the Servicer as necessary from time-to-time to carry out the Master Servicer’s obligations hereunder, shall receive, review and evaluate all reports, information and other data provided to the Master Servicer by the Servicer and shall cause the Servicer to perform and observe the covenants, obligations and conditions to be performed or observed by the Servicer under this Agreement. The Master Servicer shall independently monitor the Servicer’s servicing activities with respect to each Mortgage Loan, reconcile the results of such monitoring with such information provided in the previous sentence on a monthly basis and coordinate corrective adjustments to the Servicer’s and Master Servicer’s records, and based on such reconciled and corrected information, the Master Servicer shall provide such information to the Trust Administrator as shall be necessary in order for it to prepare the statements specified in Section 4.02, and prepare any Sub-other information and statements required to be forwarded by the Master Servicer hereunder. The Master Servicer shall reconcile the results of its Mortgage Loan monitoring with the actual remittances of the Servicer to the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3A.11. The Trustee shall furnish the Servicer and the Master Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents in form as provided to it necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicer and the Master Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties. The Trustee and the Trust Administrator shall provide access to the records and documentation in possession of the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, as applicable, regarding the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties and the servicing thereof to the Certificateholders, the FDIC, and the supervisory agents and examiners of the FDIC, such access being afforded only upon reasonable prior written request and during normal business hours at the office of the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, as applicable; provided, however, that, unless otherwise required by law, neither the Trustee nor the Trust Administrator shall be required to provide access to such records and documentation if the provision thereof would violate the legal right to privacy of any Sub- Servicer Mortgagor. The Trustee and the Trust Administrator shall allow representatives of the above entities to carry out their servicing photocopy any of the records and administrative duties hereunderdocumentation and shall provide equipment for that purpose at a charge that covers the Trustee’s or Trust Administrator’s, as applicable, actual costs. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any action taken by execute and deliver to the Servicer and the Master Servicer any court pleadings, requests for trustee’s sale or any Sub-Servicer pursuant other documents necessary or desirable to (i) the application of such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance foreclosure or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Servicers in effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties shall, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit. The Master Servicer shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default trustee’s sale with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and a Mortgaged Property; (ii) cause any legal action brought to obtain judgment against any Mortgagor on the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as Mortgage Note or Security Instrument; (iii) obtain a REMIC under deficiency judgment against the Code Mortgagor; or the imposition of (iv) enforce any tax on "prohibited transactions" other rights or "contributions" after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected remedies provided by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensationMortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise available at law or equity. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agentSECTION 3A.02 [Reserved].

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service supervise, or take such actions as are necessary to ensure, the servicing and administer administration of the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Certificateholders, and any REO Property in accordance with this Agreement and its normal servicing practices, which generally shall conform to the customary and usual standards (i) of practice the Servicing Guide, if Impac Funding Corporation is Master Servicer, or (ii) if Impac Funding Corporation is not the Master Servicer, of prudent institutional mortgage lenders an institution prudently servicing comparable mortgage loans for their its own account and shall have full authority to do anything it reasonably deems appropriate or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration. To the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through waive (or permit a Sub-Servicers Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans and (ii) such waiver would, in the reasonable judgement of the Master Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default. The Master Servicer may perform its responsibilities relating to servicing through other agents or independent contractors, but shall not thereby be released from any of its responsibilities as provided hereinafter set forth. The authority of the Master Servicer, in Section 3.02its capacity as master servicer, and any Sub-Servicer acting on its behalf, shall include, without limitation, the power to do (i) consult with and advise any Sub-Servicer regarding administration of a related Mortgage Loan, (ii) approve any recommendation by a Sub-Servicer to foreclose on a related Mortgage Loan, (iii) supervise the filing and collection of insurance claims and take or cause to be done taken such actions on behalf of the insured Person thereunder as shall be reasonably necessary to prevent the denial of coverage thereunder, and (iv) effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing a related Mortgage Loan, including the employment of attorneys, the institution of legal proceedings, the collection of deficiency judgments, the acceptance of compromise proposals, the filing of claims under any Insurance Policy and all things any other matter pertaining to a delinquent Mortgage Loan. The authority of the Master Servicer shall include, in connection with such servicing addition, the power on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Trustee or any of them to (i) execute and administration that it may deem necessary deliver customary consents or desirablewaivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) consent to transfer of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the related Mortgage Notes and Security Instruments (in the manner provided in this Agreement) and (iii) collect any Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer acting on its behalf may, and is hereby authorized, and empowered by the Trustee to, execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Certificateholders or the Trustee or any of them, any instruments of satisfaction, cancellation, partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans, the Insurance Policies and the accounts related thereto, and the Mortgaged Properties. The Master Servicer may exercise this power in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them therebyServicer. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to carry out such duties. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs incurred by ; provided that the Master Servicer or by Sub- Servicers shall not be obligated to make such advance if, in effecting its good faith judgment, the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties shall, for the purpose of calculating distributions Master Servicer determines that such advance to Certificateholders, be added a Nonrecoverable Advance. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the amount owing under contrary, the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit. The Master Servicer shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (ii) cause the Trust Fund any of REMIC 1, REMIC 2 or REMIC 3 to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service supervise, monitor and administer oversee the Mortgage Loans for the benefit obligation of the Certificateholders, in accordance with this Agreement and the customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable mortgage loans for their own account in the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject Servicers to the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law the terms of the related Servicing Agreement and shall provide have full power and authority to the Mortgagors do any reports required to be provided to them therebyand all things which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such master servicing and administration. Subject to Section 3.16In performing its obligations hereunder, the Trustee Master Servicer shall furnish act in a manner consistent with Accepted Master Servicing Practices. Furthermore, the Master Servicer shall oversee and consult with the Servicers as necessary from time-to-time to carry out the Master Servicer's obligations hereunder, shall receive, review and evaluate all reports, information and other data provided to the Master Servicer by the Servicers and shall cause the Servicers to perform and observe the covenants, obligations and conditions to be performed or observed by each Servicer under its Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer shall independently monitor the related Servicer's servicing activities with respect to each Mortgage Loan, reconcile the results of such monitoring with such information provided in the previous sentence on a monthly basis and coordinate corrective adjustments to each Servicer's and Master Servicer's records, and based on such reconciled and corrected information, the Master Servicer shall provide such information to the Trust Administrator as shall be necessary in order for it to prepare the statements specified in Section 4.02, and prepare any Sub-other information and statements required to be forwarded by the Master Servicer hereunder. The Master Servicer shall reconcile the results of its Mortgage Loan monitoring with the actual remittances of each Servicer to the related Custodial Account pursuant to the related Servicing Agreement. The Trustee shall furnish the Servicers and the Master Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents in form as provided to it necessary or appropriate to enable the Servicers and the Master Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties. The Trustee and the Trust Administrator shall provide access to the records and documentation in possession of the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, as applicable, regarding the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties and the servicing thereof to the Certificateholders, the FDIC, and the supervisory agents and examiners of the FDIC, such access being afforded only upon reasonable prior written request and during normal business hours at the office of the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, as applicable; provided, however, that, unless otherwise required by law, neither the Trustee nor the Trust Administrator shall be required to provide access to such records and documentation if the provision thereof would violate the legal right to privacy of any Sub- Servicer Mortgagor. The Trustee and the Trust Administrator shall allow representatives of the above entities to carry out their servicing photocopy any of the records and administrative duties hereunderdocumentation and shall provide equipment for that purpose at a charge that covers the Trustee's or Trust Administrator's, as applicable, actual costs. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any action taken by execute and deliver to the Servicers and the Master Servicer any court pleadings, requests for trustee's sale or any Sub-Servicer pursuant other documents necessary or desirable to (i) the application of such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance foreclosure or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Servicers in effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties shall, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit. The Master Servicer shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default trustee's sale with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and a Mortgaged Property; (ii) cause any legal action brought to obtain judgment against any Mortgagor on the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as Mortgage Note or Security Instrument; (iii) obtain a REMIC under deficiency judgment against the Code Mortgagor; or (iv) enforce any other rights or remedies provided by the imposition Mortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise available at law or equity. In the event a term or provision of any tax on "prohibited transactions" this Agreement conflicts with a term or "contributions" after provision of a Servicing Agreement or Servicer Assignment Agreement, the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release terms and provisions of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agentlatter shall prevail.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer’s obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer’s or any Sub-Servicer’s right to receive compensation for their own account in its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall also seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoingMortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentjudgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, and upon notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. The Master Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under each Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy and any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.163.17, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to carry out such duties. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Master Servicer shall not further is authorized and empowered by the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, in its own name or in the name of the Sub-Servicer, when the Master Servicer or the Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any reasonable expenses (unless i) incurred as a result of MERS discontinuing or becoming unable to continue operations in connection with the Mortgagor MERS System or (ii) if the affected Mortgage Loan is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default isor, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, such default is reasonably foreseeable, incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence, shall be subject to withdrawal by the Master Servicer from the Collection Account. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.03) and the Master Servicer shall not (i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan (except with respect to a Mortgage Loan that is in default or, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, such default is reasonably foreseeable) make that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (iA) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiB) cause the any Trust Fund REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "“prohibited transactions" ” or "contributions" “contributions after the startup date date” under the REMIC Provisions. Consistent with the foregoing, in connection with a partial Principal Prepayment, the Master Servicer may at its option reduce or permit a Sub-Servicer to reduce the scheduled Monthly Payments on the related Mortgage Loan so that the remaining outstanding principal amount owed under such Mortgage Loan will be paid in equal monthly installments of principal and interest by the originally scheduled maturity date. In addition, in connection with any modification of a Mortgage Loan that is entered into by a Mortgagor in lieu of refinancing and that is not permitted by this paragraph or by Section 3.07, the Master Servicer shall treat such modification for remitting and reporting purposes as a Principal Prepayment in full to the Trust occurring concurrently with the origination of a new mortgage loan, which is not in the Trust, to the Mortgagor. For any such Mortgage Loan that has been so deemed the subject of a Principal Prepayment in full, upon written notice from the Master Servicer of the deposit into the Collection Account of funds in an amount equal to all amounts that would be owed to the Trust by the related Mortgagor if such deemed Principal Prepayment were an actual Principal Prepayment in full, the Trustee and the Trust Administrator shall execute and deliver such instruments of transfer or assignment, in each case without recourse, as the Master Servicer or the applicable Sub-Servicer shall furnish to it and as shall be necessary to vest in the designated successor owner of such Mortgage Loan specified in such instruments such Mortgage Loan released pursuant hereto, and the Trustee and the Trust Administrator shall have no further responsibility with regard to such Mortgage Loan or the related Mortgage File. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Propertydelegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loanhowever, that no such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by delegation shall release the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by from the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement) . The Master Servicer shall accurately and fully report (or cause each Sub-Servicer to accurately and fully report), its borrower credit files to each of the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of credit repositories in a joint venturer, partner or agenttimely manner.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Certificateholders, in accordance with this Agreement and the customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable mortgage loans for their own account in the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and any Sub- Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any action taken by the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Servicers in effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties shall, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit. The Master Servicer shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (ii) cause the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "“prohibited transactions" ” or "“contributions" ” after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for their own account in its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall also seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoingMortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentjudgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, and upon notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. The Master Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under each Primary Insurance Policy and any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.163.17, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to carry out such duties. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Master Servicer further is authorized and empowered by the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, in its own name or in the name of the Sub-Servicer, when the Master Servicer or the Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence shall be borne by the Master Servicer in accordance with Section 3.18, with no right of reimbursement; provided, that if, as a result of MERS discontinuing or becoming unable to continue operations in connection with the MERS System, it becomes necessary to remove any Mortgage Loan from registration on the MERS System and to arrange for the assignment of the related Mortgages to the Trustee, then any related expenses shall be reimbursable to the Master Servicer. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.06) and the Master Servicer shall not (unless i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Loan Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.07, the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (iA) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiB) cause either the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" contributions after the startup date date" under the REMIC Provisions. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or the Additional Collateral Servicing Agreement to the contrary, except as provided below, the Master Servicer shall have no duty or obligation to service and administer the Additional Collateral and the Master Servicer shall not be deemed to be the Additional Collateral Servicer, unless and until MLCC's obligations to administer the Additional Collateral under the Additional Collateral Servicing Agreement have been terminated with respect to the Additional Collateral Mortgage Loans, in which case, the Master Servicer shall be bound to service and administer the Additional Collateral and the Limited Purpose Surety Bond in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the related Additional Collateral Agreements from the date of such termination. The Trustee, as assignee of the Additional Collateral Servicing Agreement, shall enforce the obligations of MLCC to service and administer the Additional Collateral as provided in the Additional Collateral Servicing Agreement, and shall take appropriate action thereunder if MLCC fails to substantially comply with its obligations to administer the Additional Collateral. In the event the Trustee receives an indemnification payment from MLCC under Section 3 of the Additional Collateral Servicing Agreement that is attributable to losses resulting from MLCC's failure to administer the Additional Collateral in accordance with the terms of the Additional Collateral Servicing Agreement in connection with Additional Collateral Mortgage Loans, the Trustee shall deposit such amount in the Collection Account. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Propertydelegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loanhowever, that no such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by delegation shall release the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by from the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with (i) the terms of the respective Mortgage Loans and any insurance policies related thereto, (ii) all Applicable Regulations, (iii) the terms of this Agreement and (iv) to the extent consistent with the preceding requirements, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for their own account in its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction (the "Servicing Standard"). To the extent consistent with the foregoing the Master Servicer shall also seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes related to the Mortgage Loans. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoingMortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.026.06, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate and shall be responsible for, in its best judgmenteach case, to the extent provided for under this Agreement and in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, or of forbearance, or of modification and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, in the name of the Trust Fund, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service , (iii) to market, sell and administer transfer title of REO Properties held in the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state name of the Trust Fund to third party purchasers upon terms and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall furnish to conditions the Master Servicer deems reasonable under the Servicing Standard, (iv) to bring or respond to civil actions or complaints (in its own name or that of the Trust Fund or the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund) related to any Mortgage Loan, Mortgaged Property or REO Property held by the Trust Fund and (v) to execute any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other documents document necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to carry out its servicing and any Sub- administrative duties hereunder consistent with the Servicing Standard. At the written request of the Master Servicer, the Trustee shall execute and furnish to the Master Servicer such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to carry out their its servicing and administrative duties hereunder. By execution of this Agreement, the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to execute any and all documents necessary to carry out any and all servicing duties described in this Agreement (including the taking of and transferring title of REO Properties to third parties held in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Trust) and expressly confirms that this paragraph along with the face page and a copy of the signature page (duly executed) to this Agreement shall constitute the power of attorney for evidentiary and/or recording purposes. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.04(d) hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraphServicing Standard, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.093.04(d), and further as provided in Section 3.113.05(a). No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Master Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is in conformity with the Servicing Standard; provided, however, that: (A) the Master Servicer shall not make future advances (except as provided in Section 4.03); (B) the Master Servicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, defer or forgive the payment of any principal or interest payments, reduce the outstanding Stated Principal Balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or extend the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless as provided in Section 3.02, (i) the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or (ii) such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable); and (C) make the Master Servicer shall not consent to (i) partial releases of Mortgages, (ii) alterations, (iii) removal, demolition or permit any modificationdivision of properties subject to Mortgages, waiver (iv) modification or amendment of any term of (v) second mortgage subordination agreements with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would would: (i) affect adversely the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC,(ii) cause any Trust REMIC to be subject to a tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" pursuant to the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) both (ix) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiy) cause any Trust REMIC constituting part of the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the startup date Startup Day under the REMIC Provisions. The To the extent consistent with the terms of this Agreement, including Section 2.03 and Section 2.05, the Master Servicer may approve waive (or permit a request for Sub-Servicer to waive) a partial release Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans, (ii) such waiver relates to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Mortgaged PropertyMaster Servicer, easement, consent to alteration or demolition maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, (iii) the collection of such Prepayment Charge would be in violation of applicable laws or (iv) the collection of such Prepayment Charge would be considered "predatory" pursuant to written guidance published or issued by any applicable federal, state or local regulatory authority acting in its official capacity and having jurisdiction over such matters. The Master Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such approval will not adversely affect delegation shall release the security for, Master Servicer from the responsibilities or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loanliabilities arising under this Agreement. Any fee collected All references to Master Servicer in this Agreement shall be deemed to include any Sub-Servicer duly appointed by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor pursuant to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service supervise, or take such actions as are necessary to ensure, the servicing and administer administration of the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Certificateholders, and any REO Property in accordance with this Agreement and its normal servicing practices, which generally shall conform to the customary and usual standards (i) of practice the Servicing Guide, if Impac Funding Corporation is Master Servicer, or (ii) if Impac Funding Corporation is not the Master Servicer, of prudent institutional mortgage lenders an institution prudently servicing comparable mortgage loans for their its own account in the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoing, the Master Servicer and shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, authority to do anything it reasonably deems appropriate or cause to be done any and all things desirable in connection with such servicing and administration. The Master Servicer may perform its responsibilities relating to servicing through other agents or independent contractors, but shall not thereby be released from any of its responsibilities as hereinafter set forth. The authority of the Master Servicer, in its capacity as master servicer, and any Sub-Servicer acting on its behalf, shall include, without limitation, the power to (i) consult with and advise any Sub-Servicer regarding administration that it may deem of a related Mortgage Loan, (ii) approve any recommendation by a Sub-Servicer to foreclose on a related Mortgage Loan, (iii) supervise the filing and collection of insurance claims and take or cause to be taken such actions on behalf of the insured Person thereunder as shall be reasonably necessary to prevent the denial of coverage thereunder, and (iv) effectuate foreclosure or desirableother conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing a related Mortgage Loan, including the employment of attorneys, the institution of legal proceedings, the collection of deficiency judgments, the acceptance of compromise proposals, the filing of claims under any Insurance Policy and any other matter pertaining to a delinquent Mortgage Loan. The authority of the Master Servicer shall include, in addition, the power on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Trustee or any of them to (i) execute and deliver customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) consent to transfer of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the related Mortgage Notes and Security Instruments (in the manner provided in this Agreement) and (iii) collect any Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer acting on its behalf may, and is hereby authorized, and empowered by the Trustee to, execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Certificateholders or the Trustee or any of them, any instruments of satisfaction, cancellation, partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans, the Insurance Policies and the accounts related thereto, and the Mortgaged Properties. The Master Servicer may exercise this power in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and any Sub- Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any action taken by the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of such powers of attorneyServicer. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs incurred by ; provided that the Master Servicer or by Sub- Servicers shall not be obligated to make such advance if, in effecting its good faith judgment, the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties shall, for the purpose of calculating distributions Master Servicer determines that such advance to Certificateholders, be added a Nonrecoverable Advance. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the amount owing under contrary, the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit. The Master Servicer shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (ii) cause the Trust Fund either REMIC I or REMIC II to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service supervise, or take such actions as are necessary to ensure, the servicing and administer administration of the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Certificateholders, and any REO Property in accordance with this Agreement and its normal servicing practices, which generally shall conform to the customary and usual standards (i) of practice the Servicing Guide, if Impac Funding Corporation is Master Servicer, or (ii) if Impac Funding Corporation is not the Master Servicer, of prudent institutional mortgage lenders an institution prudently servicing comparable mortgage loans for their its own account and shall have full authority to do anything it reasonably deems appropriate or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration. To the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through waive (or permit a Sub-Servicers Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans and (ii) such waiver would, in the reasonable judgement of the Master Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default. The Master Servicer may perform its responsibilities relating to servicing through other agents or independent contractors, but shall not thereby be released from any of its responsibilities as provided hereinafter set forth. The authority of the Master Servicer, in Section 3.02its capacity as master servicer, and any Sub-Servicer acting on its behalf, shall include, without limitation, the power to do (i) consult with and advise any Sub-Servicer regarding administration of a related Mortgage Loan, (ii) approve any recommendation by a Sub-Servicer to foreclose on a related Mortgage Loan, (iii) supervise the filing and collection of insurance claims and take or cause to be done taken such actions on behalf of the insured Person thereunder as shall be reasonably necessary to prevent the denial of coverage thereunder, and (iv) effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing a related Mortgage Loan, including the employment of attorneys, the institution of legal proceedings, the collection of deficiency judgments, the acceptance of compromise proposals, the filing of claims under any Insurance Policy and all things any other matter pertaining to a delinquent Mortgage Loan. The authority of the Master Servicer shall include, in connection with such servicing addition, the power on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Trustee or any of them to (i) execute and administration that it may deem necessary deliver customary consents or desirablewaivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) consent to transfer of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the related Mortgage Notes and Security Instruments (in the manner provided in this Agreement) and (iii) collect any Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer acting on its behalf may, and is hereby authorized, and empowered by the Trustee to, execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Certificateholders or the Trustee or any of them, any instruments of satisfaction, cancellation, partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans, the Insurance Policies and the accounts related thereto, and the Mortgaged Properties. The Master Servicer may exercise this power in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them therebyServicer. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer such documents provided to it by the Master Servicer or any powers of attorney and other documents Sub-Servicer as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to carry out such duties. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs incurred by ; provided that the Master Servicer or by Sub- Servicers shall not be obligated to make such advance if, in effecting its good faith judgment, the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties shall, for the purpose of calculating distributions Master Servicer determines that such advance to Certificateholders, be added a Nonrecoverable Advance. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the amount owing under contrary, the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit. The Master Servicer shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (ii) cause the Trust Fund any of REMIC 1, REMIC 2 or REMIC 3 to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service supervise, or take such actions as are necessary to ensure, the servicing and administer administration of the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Certificateholders, and any REO Property in accordance with this Agreement and its normal servicing practices, which generally shall conform to the customary and usual standards (i) of practice the Servicing Guide, if Impac Funding Corporation is Master Servicer, or (ii) if Impac Funding Corporation is not the Master Servicer, of prudent institutional mortgage lenders an institution prudently servicing comparable mortgage loans for their its own account and shall have full authority to do anything it reasonably deems appropriate or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration. To the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through waive (or permit a Sub-Servicers Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only if such waiver would maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and related Mortgage Loan and doing so is standard and customary in servicing mortgage loans similar to the Mortgage Loans (including any waiver of a Prepayment Charge in connection with a refinancing of a Mortgage Loan that is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default), and in no event will it waive a Prepayment Charge in connection with a refinancing of a Mortgage Loan that is not related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default. The Master Servicer may perform its responsibilities relating to servicing through other agents or independent contractors, but shall not thereby be released from any of its responsibilities as provided hereinafter set forth. The authority of the Master Servicer, in Section 3.02its capacity as master servicer, and any Sub-Servicer acting on its behalf, shall include, without limitation, the power to do (i) consult with and advise any Sub-Servicer regarding administration of a related Mortgage Loan, (ii) approve any recommendation by a Sub-Servicer to foreclose on a related Mortgage Loan, (iii) supervise the filing and collection of insurance claims and take or cause to be done taken such actions on behalf of the insured Person thereunder as shall be reasonably necessary to prevent the denial of coverage thereunder, and (iv) effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing a related Mortgage Loan, including the employment of attorneys, the institution of legal proceedings, the collection of deficiency judgments, the acceptance of compromise proposals, the filing of claims under any Insurance Policy and all things any other matter pertaining to a delinquent Mortgage Loan. The authority of the Master Servicer shall include, in connection addition, the power on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Trustee or any of them to (i) execute and deliver customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) consent to transfer of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the related Mortgage Notes and Security Instruments (in the manner provided in this Agreement) and (iii) collect any Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds. If permitted under applicable law without prejudicing any rights of the Trust Fund with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer, with such servicing and administration that it documentation as local law requires, acting in its own name, may deem necessary or desirablepursue claims on behalf of the Trust Fund. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer acting on its behalf may, and is hereby authorized, and empowered by the Trustee to, execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Certificateholders or the Trustee or any of them, any instruments of satisfaction, cancellation, partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans, the Insurance Policies and the accounts related thereto, and the Mortgaged Properties. The Master Servicer may exercise this power in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them therebyServicer. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to carry out such duties. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be obligated to make such advance if, in its reasonable good faith judgment, the Master Servicer determines that such advance to be a Nonrecoverable Advance. No costs The Master Servicer is authorized and empowered by the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, in its own name or in the name of any Sub-Servicer, when the Master Servicer or such Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence shall be borne by the Master Servicer in accordance with Section 3.17, with no right of reimbursement; provided, that if, as a result of MERS discontinuing or by Sub- Servicers becoming unable to continue operations in effecting connection with the payment of taxes and assessments MERS System, it becomes necessary to remove any Mortgage Loan from registration on the Mortgaged Properties shall, MERS System and to arrange for the purpose assignment of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added the related Mortgages to the amount owing under Trustee, then any related expenses shall be reimbursable to the related Mortgage LoansMaster Servicer from the Trust Fund. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit. The Master Servicer shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (ii) cause the Trust Fund any of REMIC 1, REMIC 2 or REMIC 3 to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "“prohibited transactions" ” or "“contributions" ” after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership or non-ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for their own account its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer (a) shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes and (b) shall waive (or permit a subservicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver would, in the respective states reasonable judgement of the Master Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in which connection with a refinancing of the Mortgaged Properties are locatedrelated Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related mortgagor has stated to the Master Servicer or an applicable subservicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Master Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgement that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such mortgagor to refinance with the Master Servicer. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Master Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge, for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Collection Account together with and at the time that the amount prepaid on the related Mortgage Loan is required to be deposited into the Collection Account. Subject only to the foregoingabove-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentjudgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, and upon notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. The Master Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.163.17, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder. The hereunder and the Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Sub- Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.09 hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.03) and the Master Servicer shall not (unless i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.07, the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (iA) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiB) cause the Trust Fund any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" contributions after the startup date date" under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Propertydelegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loanhowever, that no such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by delegation shall release the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by from the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (A) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (B) the ownership or non-ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (C) the Master Servicer's obligation to make Advances or Servicing Advances; or (D) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for their own account its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer (a) shall seek the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes and (b) shall waive (or permit a Sub-Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver relates to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the respective states reasonable judgment of the Master Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan or (B) such waiver is made in which connection with a refinancing of the Mortgaged Properties are locatedrelated Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related Mortgagor has stated to the Master Servicer or an applicable Sub-Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Master Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgment that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such mortgagor to refinance with the Master Servicer; provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall waive no more than 5.00% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth on the Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clause (ii)(B) above. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Master Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge, for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Collection Account together with and at the time that the amount prepaid on the related Mortgage Loan is required to be deposited into the Collection Account. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Master Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Subject only to the foregoingabove-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentjudgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, and upon notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. The Master Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.163.17, within 15 days of the Closing Date, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder; provided, such limited powers of attorney or other documents shall be prepared by the Master Servicer and submitted to the Trustee for execution. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.09 hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.04) and the Master Servicer shall not (unless i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the Principal Balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.07, the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (iA) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiB) cause the Trust Fund any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "“prohibited transactions" ” or "contributions" “contributions after the startup date date” under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership or non-ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for their own account its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer (a) shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes and (b) shall waive (or permit a subservicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver would, in the respective states reasonable judgement of the Master Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in which connection with a refinancing of the Mortgaged Properties are locatedrelated Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related mortgagor has stated to the Master Servicer or an applicable subservicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Master Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgement that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such mortgagor to refinance with the Master Servicer. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Master Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge, for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Collection Account together with and at the time that the amount prepaid on the related Mortgage Loan is required to be deposited into the Collection Account. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Master Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Subject only to the foregoingabove-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentjudgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, and upon notice to the Trustee or any of themand the Trust Administrator, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. The Master Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.163.17, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder. The hereunder and the Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.09 hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.03) and the Master Servicer shall not (unless i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.07, the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (iA) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiB) cause the Trust Fund any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" contributions after the startup date date" under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Propertydelegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loanhowever, that no such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by delegation shall release the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by from the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans for their own account in the respective states in which local areas where the related Mortgaged Properties are locatedProperty is located but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub‑Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub‑Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership or non‑ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer’s obligation to make Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer’s or any Sub‑Servicer’s right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the foregoingabove‑described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers Sub‑Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that it may deem necessary or desirablein accordance with policies and procedures generally accepted in the mortgage banking industry. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer Sub‑Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentjudgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, and upon notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu deed‑in‑lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. The Master Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.163.17, the Trustee Trustee, shall execute, at the written direction of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other Sub‑Servicer such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Servicer Sub‑Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to the Master Servicer and each Sub-Servicer a power of attorney to carry out such duties including a power of attorney to take title to Mortgaged Properties after foreclosure on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders. The Trustee, at the direction of the Master Servicer, shall execute a separate power of attorney in favor of (and furnish such power of attorney to) the Master Servicer and/or each Sub-Servicer for the purposes described herein to the extent necessary or desirable to enable the Master Servicer to perform its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Sub‑Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.09 hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from collections on the related collections Mortgage Loans from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Servicers Sub‑Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.04) and the Master Servicer shall not (unless i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.07, the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (iA) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiB) cause the any Trust Fund REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "“prohibited transactions" ” or "contributions" contributions after the startup date day under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent Master Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement. With respect to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related each Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing will furnish, or cause to be furnished, information regarding the borrower credit file related to such request will be retained by Mortgage Loan to credit reporting agencies in compliance with the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship provisions of the Master Servicer (Fair Credit Reporting Act and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agentapplicable implementing regulations.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with (i) the terms of the respective Mortgage Loans and any insurance policies related thereto, (ii) all Applicable Regulations, (iii) the terms of this Agreement Agreement, (iv) the Loss Mitigation Action Plan, if applicable, and (v) to the extent consistent with the preceding requirements, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for their own account in its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction (the "Servicing Standard"). Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoingMortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.026.06, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when Trustee, in accordance with the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentservicing standards set forth above, to (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, or of forbearance, or of modification and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, in the name of the Trust Fund, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service , (iii) to market, sell and administer transfer title of REO Properties held in the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state name of the Trust Fund to third party purchasers upon terms and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall furnish to conditions the Master Servicer deems reasonable under the Servicing Standard, (4) to bring or respond to civil actions or complaints (in its own name or that of the Trust Fund or the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund) related to any Mortgage Loan, Mortgaged Property or REO Property held by the Trust Fund and (5) execute any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other documents document necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to carry out its servicing and any Sub- administrative duties hereunder consistent with the Servicing Standard. At the written request of the Master Servicer, the Trustee shall execute and furnish to the Master Servicer such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to carry out their its servicing and administrative duties hereunder. By execution of this Agreement, the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to execute any and all documents necessary to carry out any and all servicing duties described in this Agreement (including the taking of and transferring title of REO Properties to third parties held in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Trust) and expressly confirms that this paragraph along with the face page and a copy of the signature page (duly executed) to this Agreement shall constitute the power of attorney for evidentiary and/or recording purposes. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.04(d) hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraphServicing Standard, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.093.04(d), and further as provided in Section 3.113.05(a). No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Master Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is in conformity with the Servicing Standard; provided, however, that: (A) the Master Servicer shall not make future advances (except as provided in Section 4.03); (B) the Master Servicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, defer or forgive the payment of any principal or interest payments, reduce the outstanding Stated Principal Balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or extend the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless as provided in Section 3.02, (i) the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or (ii) such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable); and (C) make the Master Servicer shall not consent to (i) partial releases of Mortgages, (ii) alterations, (iii) removal, demolition or permit any modificationdivision of properties subject to Mortgages, waiver (iv) modification or amendment of any term of (v) second mortgage subordination agreements with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would would: (i) affect adversely the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC, (ii) cause any Trust REMIC to be subject to a tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" pursuant to the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) both (ix) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiy) cause any Trust REMIC constituting part of the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the startup date Startup Day under the REMIC Provisions. The To the extent consistent with the terms of this Agreement, including Section 2.03 and Section 2.05, the Master Servicer may approve waive (or permit a request for Sub-Servicer to waive) a partial release Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans and (ii) such waiver relates to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Mortgaged PropertyMaster Servicer, easement, consent to alteration or demolition maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected The Master Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release the Master Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement. All references to Master Servicer in this Agreement shall be deemed to include any Sub-Servicer duly appointed by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor pursuant to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Certificateholders, in accordance with this Agreement and the customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable mortgage loans for their own account in the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any action taken by the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties shall, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit. The Master Servicer shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (ii) cause the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Certificateholders, in accordance with this Agreement Agreement, the related Mortgage Notes and Mortgages and the customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable mortgage loans for their own account in the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoing, the Master Servicer and shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) hold or cause title to such properties to be held title to such properties, by the Trustee or its nominee on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall execute based on the written request of the Master Servicer and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of such special or limited powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties shall, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit. It is expressly understood and agreed that in light of the underwriting criteria applicable to the Mortgage Loans, special servicing procedures are desirable in order to minimize the delinquency and loss experience of the Mortgage Loans. The Master Servicer hereby covenants that it will use reasonable efforts to prevent and to resolve delinquencies promptly and appropriately in light of the underwriting criteria applicable to the Mortgage Loans and that it will modify its procedures from time to time in accordance with the reasonable written request of the Depositor. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (ii) cause the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or (ii) cause the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the startup date Startup Day under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall supervise, monitor and oversee the obligation of each Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Certificateholders, serviced by it in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or the related Servicing Agreement and the customary shall have full power and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders authority to do any and all things which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such master servicing comparable mortgage loans for their own account in the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are locatedand administration. Subject to the foregoingIn performing its obligations hereunder, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through Sub-Servicers as provided act in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection a manner consistent with such servicing and administration that it may deem necessary or desirableAccepted Master Servicing Practices. Without limiting the generality of the foregoingFurthermore, the Master Servicer in its own name or in shall oversee and consult with the name of a SubServicer as necessary from time-Servicer is hereby authorized to-time to carry out the Master Servicer’s obligations hereunder, shall receive, review and empowered by the Trustee when evaluate all reports, information and other data provided to the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentby the related Servicer and shall cause each Servicer to perform and observe the covenants, to (i) execute obligations and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) hold or cause conditions to be held title to performed or observed by such properties, on behalf of Servicer under this Agreement or the Trustee and Certificateholdersrelated Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer shall service independently monitor each Servicer’s servicing activities with respect to each Mortgage Loan, reconcile the results of such monitoring with such information provided in the previous sentence on a monthly basis and administer coordinate corrective adjustments to such Servicer’s and the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state Master Servicer’s records, and federal law based on such reconciled and corrected information, the Master Servicer shall provide such information to the Mortgagors Trust Administrator as shall be necessary in order for it to prepare the statements specified in Section 4.02, and prepare any reports other information and statements required to be provided forwarded by the Master Servicer hereunder. The Master Servicer shall reconcile the results of its Mortgage Loan monitoring with the actual remittances of the Servicer to them thereby. Subject the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.16, the 3A.11. The Trustee shall furnish to each Servicer and the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents in form as provided to it necessary or appropriate to enable such Servicer and the Master Servicer to service and administer the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties. The Trustee and the Trust Administrator shall provide access to the records and documentation in possession of the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, as applicable, regarding the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties and the servicing thereof to the Certificateholders, the FDIC, and the supervisory agents and examiners of the FDIC, such access being afforded only upon reasonable prior written request and during normal business hours at the office of the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, as applicable; provided, however, that, unless otherwise required by law, neither the Trustee nor the Trust Administrator shall be required to provide access to such records and documentation if the provision thereof would violate the legal right to privacy of any Sub- Servicer Mortgagor. The Trustee and the Trust Administrator shall allow representatives of the above entities to carry out their servicing photocopy any of the records and administrative duties hereunderdocumentation and shall provide equipment for that purpose at a charge that covers the Trustee’s or Trust Administrator’s, as applicable, actual costs. In addition, the Trustee shall, upon request of the Depositor, give the Depositor access to the Mortgage Files in its possession, such access being afforded only upon reasonable prior written request and during normal business hours at the office of the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any action taken by execute and deliver to the related Servicer and the Master Servicer any court pleadings, requests for trustee’s sale or any Sub-Servicer pursuant other documents necessary or desirable to (i) the application of such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance foreclosure or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Servicers in effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties shall, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit. The Master Servicer shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default trustee’s sale with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and a Mortgaged Property; (ii) cause any legal action brought to obtain judgment against any Mortgagor on the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as Mortgage Note or Security Instrument; (iii) obtain a REMIC under deficiency judgment against the Code Mortgagor; or the imposition of (iv) enforce any tax on "prohibited transactions" other rights or "contributions" after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected remedies provided by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensationMortgage Note or Mortgage or otherwise available at law or equity. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agentSECTION 3A.02 [Reserved].

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership or non-ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for their own account its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer (a) shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes and (b) shall waive (or permit a subservicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver would, in the respective states reasonable judgement of the Master Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in which connection with a refinancing of the Mortgaged Properties are locatedrelated Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default or (B) such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related mortgagor has stated to the Master Servicer or an applicable subservicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Master Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgement that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such mortgagor to refinance with the Master Servicer. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Master Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge, for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Collection Account together with and at the time that the amount prepaid on the related Mortgage Loan is required to be deposited into the Collection Account. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Master Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Subject only to the foregoingabove-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentjudgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, and upon notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. The Master Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.163.17, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder; PROVIDED, such limited powers of attorney or other documents shall be prepared by the Master Servicer and submitted to the Trustee for execution. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.09 hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid Principal Balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.04) and the Master Servicer shall not (unless i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the Principal Balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.07, the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (iA) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiB) cause the Trust Fund any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" contributions after the startup date date" under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Certificateholders, in accordance with this Agreement and the customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable mortgage loans for their own account in the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) institute foreclosure proceedings pro ceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and CertificateholdersCertifi cateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any action taken by the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties shall, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit. The Master Servicer shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (ii) cause the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with (i) the terms of the respective Mortgage Loans and any insurance policies related thereto, (ii) all Applicable Regulations, (iii) the terms of this Agreement Agreement, (iv) the Loss Mitigation Action Plan, if applicable, and (v) to the extent consistent with the preceding requirements, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for their own account in its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction (the "Servicing Standard"). Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoingMortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.026.06, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when Trustee, in accordance with the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentservicing standards set forth above, to (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, or of forbearance, or of modification and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, in the name of the Trust Fund, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service , (iii) to market, sell and administer transfer title of REO Properties held in the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state name of the Trust Fund to third party purchasers upon terms and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall furnish to conditions the Master Servicer deems reasonable under the Servicing Standard, (4) to bring or respond to civil actions or complaints (in its own name or that of the Trust Fund or the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund) related to any Mortgage Loan, Mortgaged Property or REO Property held by the Trust Fund and (5) execute any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other documents document necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to carry out its servicing and any Sub- administrative duties hereunder consistent with the Servicing Standard. At the written request of the Master Servicer, the Trustee shall execute and furnish to the Master Servicer such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to carry out their its servicing and administrative duties hereunder. By execution of this Agreement, the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to execute any and all documents necessary to carry out any and all servicing duties described in this Agreement (including the taking of and transferring title of REO Properties to third parties held in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Trust) and expressly confirms that this paragraph along with the face page and a copy of the signature page (duly executed) to this Agreement shall constitute the power of attorney for evidentiary and/or recording purposes. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.04(d) hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraphServicing Standard, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.093.04(d), and further as provided in Section 3.113.05(a). No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Master Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is in conformity with the Servicing Standard; provided, however, that: (A) the Master Servicer, shall not make future advances (except as provided in Section 4.03); (B) the Master Servicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, defer or forgive the payment of any principal or interest payments, reduce the outstanding principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or extend the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless as provided in Section 3.02, (i) the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or (ii) such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable); and (C) make the Master Servicer shall not consent to (i) partial releases of Mortgages, (ii) alterations, (iii) removal, demolition or permit any modificationdivision of properties subject to Mortgages, waiver (iv) modification or amendment of any term of (v) second mortgage subordination agreements with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would would: (i) affect adversely the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC,(ii) cause any Trust REMIC to be subject to a tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" pursuant to the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) both (ix) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiy) cause any Trust REMIC constituting part of the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the startup date Startup Day under the REMIC Provisions. The To the extent consistent with the terms of this Agreement, including Section 2.03 and Section 2.05, the Master Servicer may approve waive (or permit a request for Sub-Servicer to waive) a partial release Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans and (ii) such waiver relates to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Mortgaged PropertyMaster Servicer, easement, consent to alteration or demolition maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected The Master Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release the Master Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement. All references to Master Servicer in this Agreement shall be deemed to include any Sub-Servicer duly appointed by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor pursuant to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service supervise, or take such actions as are necessary to ensure, the servicing and administer administration of the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Certificateholders, and any REO Property in accordance with this Agreement and its normal servicing practices, which generally shall conform to the customary and usual standards (i) of practice the Servicing Guide, if Impac Funding Corporation is Master Servicer, or (ii) if Impac Funding Corporation is not the Master Servicer, of prudent institutional mortgage lenders an institution prudently servicing comparable mortgage loans for their its own account and shall have full authority to do anything it reasonably deems appropriate or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration. To the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through waive (or permit a Sub-Servicers Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver would, in the reasonable judgement of the Master Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan and, if such waiver is made in connection with a refinancing of the related Mortgage Loan, such refinancing is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default, or (ii) such waiver is otherwise required by applicable law. The Master Servicer may perform its responsibilities relating to servicing through other agents or independent contractors, but shall not thereby be released from any of its responsibilities as provided hereinafter set forth. The authority of the Master Servicer, in Section 3.02its capacity as master servicer, and any Sub-Servicer acting on its behalf, shall include, without limitation, the power to do (i) consult with and advise any Sub-Servicer regarding administration of a related Mortgage Loan, (ii) approve any recommendation by a Sub-Servicer to foreclose on a related Mortgage Loan, (iii) supervise the filing and collection of insurance claims and take or cause to be done taken such actions on behalf of the insured Person thereunder as shall be reasonably necessary to prevent the denial of coverage thereunder, and (iv) effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing a related Mortgage Loan, including the employment of attorneys, the institution of legal proceedings, the collection of deficiency judgments, the acceptance of compromise proposals, the filing of claims under any Insurance Policy and all things any other matter pertaining to a delinquent Mortgage Loan. The authority of the Master Servicer shall include, in connection with such servicing addition, the power on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Trustee or any of them to (i) execute and administration that it may deem necessary deliver customary consents or desirablewaivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) consent to transfer of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the related Mortgage Notes and Security Instruments (in the manner provided in this Agreement) and (iii) collect any Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer acting on its behalf may, and is hereby authorized, and empowered by the Trustee to, execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Certificateholders or the Trustee or any of them, any instruments of satisfaction, cancellation, partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans, the Insurance Policies and the accounts related thereto, and the Mortgaged Properties. The Master Servicer may exercise this power in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them therebyServicer. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to carry out such duties. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be obligated to make such advance if, in its good faith judgment, the Master Servicer determines that such advance to be a Nonrecoverable Advance. No costs The Master Servicer is authorized and empowered by the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, in its own name or in the name of any Subservicer, when the Master Servicer or such Subservicer, as the case may be, believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS(R) System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence shall be borne by the Master Servicer in accordance with Section 3.17, with no right of reimbursement; provided, that if, as a result of MERS discontinuing or by Sub- Servicers becoming unable to continue operations in effecting connection with the payment of taxes and assessments MERS System, it becomes necessary to remove any Mortgage Loan from registration on the Mortgaged Properties shall, MERS System and to arrange for the purpose assignment of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added the related Mortgages to the amount owing under Trustee, then any related expenses shall be reimbursable to the related Mortgage LoansMaster Servicer from the Trust Fund. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit. The Master Servicer shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (ii) cause the Trust Fund any of REMIC 1 or REMIC 2 to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with (i) the terms of the respective Mortgage Loans and any insurance policies related thereto, (ii) all Applicable Regulations, (iii) the terms of this Agreement Agreement, (iv) the Loss Mitigation Action Plan, if applicable, and (v) to the extent consistent with the preceding requirements, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for their own account in its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction (the "Servicing Standard"). Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoingMortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.026.06, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when Trustee, in accordance with the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentservicing standards set forth above, to (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, or of forbearance, or of modification and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, in the name of the Trust Fund, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service , (iii) to market, sell and administer transfer title of REO Properties held in the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state name of the Trust Fund to third party purchasers upon terms and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall furnish to conditions the Master Servicer deems reasonable under the Servicing Standard, (4) to bring or respond to civil actions or complaints (in its own name or that of the Trust Fund or the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund) related to any Mortgage Loan, Mortgaged Property or REO Property held by the Trust Fund and (5) execute any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other documents document necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to carry out its servicing and any Sub- administrative duties hereunder consistent with the Servicing Standard. At the written request of the Master Servicer, the Trustee shall execute and furnish to the Master Servicer such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to carry out their its servicing and administrative duties hereunder. By execution of this Agreement, the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to execute any and all documents necessary to carry out any and all servicing duties described in this Agreement (including the taking of and transferring title of REO Properties to third parties held in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Trust) and expressly confirms that this paragraph along with the face page and a copy of the signature page (duly executed) to this Agreement shall constitute the power of attorney for evidentiary and/or recording purposes. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.04(d) hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraphServicing Standard, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.093.04(d), and further as provided in Section 3.113.05(a). No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Master Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is in conformity with the Servicing Standard; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that: (A) the Master Servicer shall not make future advances (except as provided in Section 4.03); (B) the Master Servicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, defer or forgive the payment of any principal or interest payments, reduce the outstanding Stated Principal Balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or extend the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless as provided in Section 3.02, (i) the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or (ii) such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable); and (C) make the Master Servicer shall not consent to (i) partial releases of Mortgages, (ii) alterations, (iii) removal, demolition or permit any modificationdivision of properties subject to Mortgages, waiver (iv) modification or amendment of any term of (v) second mortgage subordination agreements with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would would: (i) affect adversely the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC, (ii) cause any Trust REMIC to be subject to a tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" pursuant to the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) both (ix) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiy) cause any Trust REMIC constituting part of the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the startup date Startup Day under the REMIC Provisions. The To the extent consistent with the terms of this Agreement, including Section 2.03 and Section 2.05, the Master Servicer may approve waive (or permit a request for Sub-Servicer to waive) a partial release Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans and (ii) such waiver relates to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Mortgaged PropertyMaster Servicer, easement, consent to alteration or demolition maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected The Master Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release the Master Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement. All references to Master Servicer in this Agreement shall be deemed to include any Sub-Servicer duly appointed by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor pursuant to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans for their own account in the respective states in which local areas where the related Mortgaged Properties are locatedProperty is located but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub‑Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub‑Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership or non‑ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer’s obligation to make Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer’s or any Sub‑Servicer’s right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the foregoingabove‑described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers Sub‑Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that it may deem necessary or desirablein accordance with policies and procedures generally accepted in the mortgage banking industry. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer Sub‑Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentjudgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, and upon notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu deed‑in‑lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. The Master Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.163.17, the Trustee Trustee, shall execute, at the written direction of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other Sub‑Servicer such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Servicer Sub‑Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to the Master Servicer and each Sub-Servicer a power of attorney to carry out such duties including a power of attorney to take title to Mortgaged Properties after foreclosure on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders. The Trustee, at the direction of the Master Servicer, shall execute a separate power of attorney in favor of (and furnish such power of attorney to) the Master Servicer and/or each Sub-Servicer for the purposes described herein to the extent necessary or desirable to enable the Master Servicer to perform its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Sub‑Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.09 hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from collections on the related collections Mortgage Loans from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Servicers Sub‑Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.04) and the Master Servicer shall not (unless i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.07, the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (iA) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiB) cause the any Trust Fund REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "“prohibited transactions" ” or "contributions" contributions after the startup date day under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent Master Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement. With respect to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related each Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing will furnish, or cause to be furnished, information regarding the borrower credit file related to such request will be retained by Mortgage Loan to credit reporting agencies in compliance with the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship provisions of the Master Servicer (Fair Credit Reporting Act and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agentapplicable implementing regulations.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership or non-ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for their own account its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer (a) shall seek the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes and (b) shall waive (or permit a subservicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver relates to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the respective states reasonable judgement of the Master Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan or (B) such waiver is made in which connection with a refinancing of the Mortgaged Properties are locatedrelated Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related mortgagor has stated to the Master Servicer or an applicable subservicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Master Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgement that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such mortgagor to refinance with the Master Servicer; provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall waive no more than 5.00% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth on the Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clause (ii)(B) above. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Master Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge, for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Collection Account together with and at the time that the amount prepaid on the related Mortgage Loan is required to be deposited into the Collection Account. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Master Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Subject only to the foregoingabove- described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentjudgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, and upon notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. The Master Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.163.17, within 15 days of the Closing Date, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder; PROVIDED, such limited powers of attorney or other documents shall be prepared by the Master Servicer and submitted to the Trustee for execution. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.09 hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid Principal Balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.04) and the Master Servicer shall not (unless i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the Principal Balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.07, the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (iA) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiB) cause the Trust Fund any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" contributions after the startup date date" under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for their own account in its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall also seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoingMortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentjudgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, and upon notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. The Master Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under each Primary Mortgage Insurance Policy and any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.163.17, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to carry out such duties. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.03) and the Master Servicer shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable(ii) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (iA) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiB) cause the any Trust Fund REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" contributions after the startup date date" under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Propertydelegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loanhowever, that no such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by delegation shall release the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by from the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Certificateholders, in accordance with this Agreement and the customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable mortgage loans for their own account in the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any action taken by the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties shall, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit. The Master Servicer shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (ii) cause the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service supervise, or take such actions as are necessary to ensure, the servicing and administer administration of the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Certificateholders, and any REO Property in accordance with this Agreement and its normal servicing practices, which generally shall conform to the customary and usual standards (i) of practice the Servicing Guide, if Impac Funding Corporation is Master Servicer, or (ii) if Impac Funding Corporation is not the Master Servicer, of prudent institutional mortgage lenders an institution prudently servicing comparable mortgage loans for their its own account and shall have full authority to do anything it reasonably deems appropriate or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration. To the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through waive (or permit a Sub-Servicers Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only if such waiver would maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and related Mortgage Loan and doing so is standard and customary in servicing mortgage loans similar to the Mortgage Loans (including any waiver of a Prepayment Charge in connection with a refinancing of a Mortgage Loan that is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default), and in no event will it waive a Prepayment Charge in connection with a refinancing of a Mortgage Loan that is not related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default. The Master Servicer may perform its responsibilities relating to servicing through other agents or independent contractors, but shall not thereby be released from any of its responsibilities as provided hereinafter set forth. The authority of the Master Servicer, in Section 3.02its capacity as master servicer, and any Sub-Servicer acting on its behalf, shall include, without limitation, the power to do (i) consult with and advise any Sub-Servicer regarding administration of a related Mortgage Loan, (ii) approve any recommendation by a Sub-Servicer to foreclose on a related Mortgage Loan, (iii) supervise the filing and collection of insurance claims and take or cause to be done taken such actions on behalf of the insured Person thereunder as shall be reasonably necessary to prevent the denial of coverage thereunder, and (iv) effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing a related Mortgage Loan, including the employment of attorneys, the institution of legal proceedings, the collection of deficiency judgments, the acceptance of compromise proposals, the filing of claims under any Insurance Policy and all things any other matter pertaining to a delinquent Mortgage Loan. The authority of the Master Servicer shall include, in connection addition, the power on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Trustee or any of them to (i) execute and deliver customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) consent to transfer of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the related Mortgage Notes and Security Instruments (in the manner provided in this Agreement) and (iii) collect any Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds. If permitted under applicable law without prejudicing any rights of the Trust Fund with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer, with such servicing and administration that it documentation as local law requires, acting in its own name, may deem necessary or desirablepursue claims on behalf of the Trust Fund. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer acting on its behalf may, and is hereby authorized, and empowered by the Trustee to, execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Certificateholders or the Trustee or any of them, any instruments of satisfaction, cancellation, partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans, the Insurance Policies and the accounts related thereto, and the Mortgaged Properties. The Master Servicer may exercise this power in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them therebyServicer. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to carry out such duties. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be obligated to make such advance if, in its reasonable good faith judgment, the Master Servicer determines that such advance to be a Nonrecoverable Advance. No costs The Master Servicer is authorized and empowered by the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, in its own name or in the name of any Sub-Servicer, when the Master Servicer or such Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence shall be borne by the Master Servicer in accordance with Section 3.17, with no right of reimbursement; provided, that if, as a result of MERS discontinuing or by Sub- Servicers becoming unable to continue operations in effecting connection with the payment of taxes and assessments MERS System, it becomes necessary to remove any Mortgage Loan from registration on the Mortgaged Properties shall, MERS System and to arrange for the purpose assignment of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added the related Mortgages to the amount owing under Trustee, then any related expenses shall be reimbursable to the related Mortgage LoansMaster Servicer from the Trust Fund. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit. The Master Servicer shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (ii) cause the Trust Fund any of REMIC 1, REMIC 2, REMIC 3 or REMIC 4 to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "“prohibited transactions" ” or "“contributions" ” after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with (i) the terms of the respective Mortgage Loans and any insurance policies related thereto, (ii) all Applicable Regulations, (iii) the terms of this Agreement Agreement, (iv) the Loss Mitigation Action Plan, if applicable, and (v) to the extent consistent with the preceding requirements, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for their own account in its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction (the "Servicing Standard"). Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoingMortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.026.06, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when Trustee, in accordance with the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentservicing standards set forth above, to (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, or of forbearance, or of modification and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, in the name of the Trust Fund, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service , (iii) to market, sell and administer transfer title of REO Properties held in the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state name of the Trust Fund to third party purchasers upon terms and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall furnish to conditions the Master Servicer deems reasonable under the Servicing Standard, (iv) to bring or respond to civil actions or complaints (in its own name or that of the Trust Fund or the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund) related to any Mortgage Loan, Mortgaged Property or REO Property held by the Trust Fund and (v) execute any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other documents document necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to carry out its servicing and any Sub- administrative duties hereunder consistent with the Servicing Standard. At the written request of the Master Servicer, the Trustee shall execute and furnish to the Master Servicer such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to carry out their its servicing and administrative duties hereunder. By execution of this Agreement, the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to execute any and all documents necessary to carry out any and all servicing duties described in this Agreement (including the taking of and transferring title of REO Properties to third parties held in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Trust) and expressly confirms that this paragraph along with the face page and a copy of the signature page (duly executed) to this Agreement shall constitute the power of attorney for evidentiary and/or recording purposes. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.04(d) hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraphServicing Standard, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.093.04(d), and further as provided in Section 3.113.05(a). No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Master Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is in conformity with the Servicing Standard; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that: (A) the Master Servicer shall not make future advances (except as provided in Section 4.03); (B) the Master Servicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, defer or forgive the payment of any principal or interest payments, reduce the outstanding Stated Principal Balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or extend the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless as provided in Section 3.02, (i) the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or (ii) such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable); and (C) make the Master Servicer shall not consent to (i) partial releases of Mortgages, (ii) alterations, (iii) removal, demolition or permit any modificationdivision of properties subject to Mortgages, waiver (iv) modification or amendment of any term of (v) second mortgage subordination agreements with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would would: (i) affect adversely the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC,(ii) cause any Trust REMIC to be subject to a tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" pursuant to the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) both (ix) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiy) cause any Trust REMIC constituting part of the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the startup date Startup Day under the REMIC Provisions. The To the extent consistent with the terms of this Agreement, including Section 2.03 and Section 2.05, the Master Servicer may approve waive (or permit a request for Sub-Servicer to waive) a partial release Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans and (ii) such waiver relates to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Mortgaged PropertyMaster Servicer, easement, consent to alteration or demolition maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected The Master Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release the Master Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement. All references to Master Servicer in this Agreement shall be deemed to include any Sub-Servicer duly appointed by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor pursuant to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service For and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Master Servicer shall supervise, monitor and oversee the obligations of the Servicers to service and administer their respective Mortgage Loans in accordance with this the terms of the applicable Servicing Agreement and shall have full power and authority to do any and all things which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such master servicing and administration. In performing its obligations hereunder, the Master Servicer shall act in a manner consistent with this Agreement, subject to the prior sentence, and with customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable mortgage loans for their own account in the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are locatedloan master servicers. Subject to the foregoingFurthermore, the Master Servicer shall have full power oversee and authorityconsult with each Servicer as necessary from time to time to carry out the Master Servicer's obligations hereunder, acting alone and/or through Sub-Servicers as shall receive, review and evaluate all reports, information and other data provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in by each Servicer and shall cause each Servicer to perform and observe the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized covenants, obligations and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) hold or cause conditions to be held title to performed or observed by such properties, on behalf of Servicer under the Trustee and Certificateholdersapplicable Servicing Agreement. The Master Servicer shall service independently and administer separately monitor each Servicer's servicing activities with respect to each related Mortgage Loan, reconcile the Mortgage Loans results of such monitoring with such information provided in accordance with applicable state the previous sentence on a monthly basis and federal law and shall provide coordinate corrective adjustments to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Subject to Section 3.16Servicers' and Master Servicer's records, and based on such reconciled and corrected information, prepare the Trustee shall furnish to the Master Servicer Remittance Reports and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney other information and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and any Sub- Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties statements required hereunder. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any action taken by the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Servicers in effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties shall, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit. The Master Servicer shall not (unless reconcile the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the results of its Mortgage Loan or such default is, in monitoring with the judgment actual remittances of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (ii) cause the Trust Fund Servicers to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by Custodial Account pursuant to the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensationapplicable Servicing Agreements. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer as master servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee and the Securities Administrator under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service supervise, monitor and administer oversee the Mortgage Loans for the benefit obligations of the Certificateholders, in accordance with this Agreement and the customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable mortgage loans for their own account in the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject Servicers to the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law the terms of this Agreement and shall provide have full power and authority to the Mortgagors do any reports required to be provided to them therebyand all things which it may deem necessary or desirable in connection with such master servicing and administration. Subject to Section 3.16In performing its obligations hereunder, the Trustee Master Servicer shall furnish act in a manner consistent with Accepted Master Servicing Practices. Furthermore, the Master Servicer shall oversee and consult with the Servicers as reasonably necessary from time-to-time to carry out the Master Servicer’s obligations hereunder, shall receive, review and evaluate all reports, information and other data provided to the Master Servicer by each Servicer and shall cause each Servicer to perform and observe the covenants, obligations and conditions to be performed or observed by such Servicer under this Agreement. The Master Servicer shall independently monitor each Servicer’s servicing activities with respect to each Mortgage Loan, reconcile the results of such monitoring with such information provided in the previous sentence on a monthly basis and coordinate corrective adjustments to each Servicer’s and Master Servicer’s records, and based on such reconciled and corrected information, the Master Servicer shall provide such information to the Trust Administrator as shall be necessary in order for it to prepare the statements specified in Section 4.02, and prepare any Sub-other information and statements required to be forwarded by the Master Servicer hereunder. The Master Servicer shall reconcile the results of its Mortgage Loan monitoring with the actual remittances of each Servicer to the related Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.10. The Trustee shall furnish the Master Servicer with any powers of attorney and other documents in form as provided to it necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to master service and administer the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties. The Trustee and the Trust Administrator shall provide access to the records and documentation in possession of the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, as applicable, regarding the Mortgage Loans and REO Properties and the servicing thereof to the Certificateholders, the FDIC, and the supervisory agents and examiners of the FDIC, such access being afforded only upon reasonable prior written request and during normal business hours at the office of the Trustee or the Trust Administrator, as applicable; provided, however, that, unless otherwise required by law, neither the Trustee nor the Trust Administrator shall be required to provide access to such records and documentation if the provision thereof would violate the legal right to privacy of any Sub- Servicer Mortgagor. The Trustee and the Trust Administrator shall allow representatives of the above entities to carry out their servicing photocopy any of the records and administrative duties hereunderdocumentation and shall provide equipment for that purpose at a charge that covers the Trustee’s or Trust Administrator’s, as applicable, actual costs. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any action taken by execute and deliver to the Servicers and the Master Servicer any court pleadings, requests for trustee’s sale or any Sub-Servicer pursuant other documents necessary or desirable to (i) the application of such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance foreclosure or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Servicers in effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties shall, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit. The Master Servicer shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default trustee’s sale with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and a Mortgaged Property; (ii) cause any legal action brought to obtain judgment against any Mortgagor on the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as Mortgage Note or Security Instrument; (iii) obtain a REMIC under deficiency judgment against the Code Mortgagor; or the imposition of (iv) enforce any tax on "prohibited transactions" other rights or "contributions" after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected remedies provided by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner Mortgage Note or agentMortgage or otherwise available at law or equity.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the CertificateholdersCertificateholders (and all references in this Agreement to actions preformed for the benefit of, or on behalf of, the Class A-1 Certificateholders shall be deemed to include the Certificate Insurer so long as a Certificate Insurer Default has not occurred) and the Certificate Insurer (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with (i) the terms of the respective Mortgage Loans and any insurance policies related thereto, (ii) all Applicable Regulations, (iii) the terms of this Agreement Agreement, (iv) the Loss Mitigation Action Plan, if applicable, and (v) to the extent consistent with the preceding requirements, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for their own account in its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction (the "Servicing Standard"). Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoingMortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.026.06, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when Trustee, in accordance with the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentservicing standards set forth above, to (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, or of forbearance, or of modification and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, in the name of the Trust Fund, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Subject to Section 3.16Trustee, the Trustee shall furnish Certificate Insurer and the Certificateholders, (iii) to market, sell and transfer title of REO Properties held in the name of the Trust Fund to third party purchasers upon terms and conditions the Master Servicer deems reasonable under the Servicing Standard, (iv) to bring or respond to civil actions or complaints (in its own name or that of the Trust Fund or the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund) related to any Mortgage Loan, Mortgaged Property or REO Property held by the Trust Fund and (v) to execute any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other documents document necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to carry out its servicing and any Sub- administrative duties hereunder consistent with the Servicing Standard. At the written request of the Master Servicer, the Trustee shall execute and furnish to the Master Servicer such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to carry out their its servicing and administrative duties hereunder. By execution of this Agreement, the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to execute any and all documents necessary to carry out any and all servicing duties described in this Agreement (including the taking of and transferring title of REO Properties to third parties held in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Trust) and expressly confirms that this paragraph along with the face page and a copy of the signature page (duly executed) to this Agreement shall constitute the power of attorney for evidentiary and/or recording purposes. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.04(d) hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraphServicing Standard, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.093.04(d), and further as provided in Section 3.113.05(a). No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Master Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is in conformity with the Servicing Standard; provided, however, that: (A) the Master Servicer shall not make future advances (except as provided in Section 4.03); (B) the Master Servicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, defer or forgive the payment of any principal or interest payments, reduce the outstanding Stated Principal Balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or extend the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless as provided in Section 3.02, (i) the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or (ii) such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable); and (C) make the Master Servicer shall not consent to (i) partial releases of Mortgages, (ii) alterations, (iii) removal, demolition or permit any modificationdivision of properties subject to Mortgages, waiver (iv) modification or amendment of any term of (v) second mortgage subordination agreements with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would would: (i) affect adversely the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC, (ii) cause any Trust REMIC to be subject to a tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" pursuant to the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) both (ix) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiy) cause any Trust REMIC constituting part of the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the startup date Startup Day under the REMIC Provisions. The To the extent consistent with the terms of this Agreement, including Section 2.03 and Section 2.05, the Master Servicer may approve waive (or permit a request for Sub-Servicer to waive) a partial release Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans and (ii) such waiver relates to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Mortgaged PropertyMaster Servicer, easement, consent to alteration or demolition maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected The Master Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release the Master Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement. All references to Master Servicer in this Agreement shall be deemed to include any Sub-Servicer duly appointed by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor pursuant to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for their own account in its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall also seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoingMortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentjudgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, and upon notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. The Master Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.163.17, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to carry out such duties. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Sub- Servicers under such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.03) and the Master Servicer shall not (unless i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.07, the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (iA) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiB) cause the Trust Fund any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" contributions after the startup date date" under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Propertydelegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loanhowever, that no such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by delegation shall release the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by from the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans for their own account in the respective states in which local areas where the related Mortgaged Properties are locatedProperty is located but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership or non-ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer’s obligation to make Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer’s or any Sub-Servicer’s right to receive compensation for its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the foregoingabove-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that it may deem necessary or desirablein accordance with policies and procedures generally accepted in the mortgage banking industry. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentjudgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, and upon notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. The Master Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.163.17, the Trustee Trustee, shall execute, at the written direction of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to the Master Servicer and each Sub-Servicer a power of attorney to carry out such duties including a power of attorney to take title to Mortgaged Properties after foreclosure on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders. The Trustee, at the direction of the Master Servicer, shall execute a separate power of attorney in favor of (and furnish such power of attorney to) the Master Servicer and/or each Sub-Servicer for the purposes described herein to the extent necessary or desirable to enable the Master Servicer to perform its duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In The Master Servicer further is authorized and empowered by the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, in its own name or in the name of the Sub-Servicer, when the Master Servicer or the Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence or as a result of MERS discontinuing or becoming unable to continue operations in connection with the MERS® System, shall be reimbursable to the Master Servicer by withdrawal from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.11. Subject to Section 3.09 hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from collections on the related collections Mortgage Loans from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.04) and the Master Servicer shall not (unless i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.07, the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (iA) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiB) cause the any Trust Fund REMIC to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "“prohibited transactions" ” or "contributions" contributions after the startup date day under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent Master Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement. With respect to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related each Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing will furnish, or cause to be furnished, information regarding the borrower credit file related to such request will be retained by Mortgage Loan to credit reporting agencies in compliance with the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship provisions of the Master Servicer (Fair Credit Reporting Act and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agentapplicable implementing regulations.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders and the Certificate Insurer (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for their own account in its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall also seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoingMortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentjudgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, and upon notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and any Sub- Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any action taken by the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Servicers in effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties shall, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit. The Master Servicer shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (ii) cause the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.and

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trust and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (A) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (B) the ownership or non-ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (C) the Master Servicer's obligation to make Advances or Servicing Advances; or (D) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for their own account its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer (a) shall seek the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes and (b) shall waive (or permit a Sub-Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans and (ii) either (A) such waiver relates to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the respective states reasonable judgement of the Master Servicer, maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan or (B) such waiver is made in which connection with a refinancing of the Mortgaged Properties are locatedrelated Mortgage Loan unrelated to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default where (x) the related mortgagor has stated to the Master Servicer or an applicable Sub- Servicer an intention to refinance the related Mortgage Loan and (y) the Master Servicer has concluded in its reasonable judgement that the waiver of such Prepayment Charge would induce such mortgagor to refinance with the Master Servicer; provided, however, that the Master Servicer shall waive no more than 5.00% of the Prepayment Charges (by number of Prepayment Charges) set forth on the Prepayment Charge Schedule in accordance with clause (ii)(B) above. If a Prepayment Charge is waived as permitted by meeting the standards described in clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above, then the Master Servicer is required to pay the amount of such waived Prepayment Charge, for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Collection Account together with and at the time that the amount prepaid on the related Mortgage Loan is required to be deposited into the Collection Account. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, any payments made by the Master Servicer in respect of any waived Prepayment Charges pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii)(B) above shall be deemed to be paid outside of the Trust Fund. Subject only to the foregoingabove-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the Mortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentjudgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, and upon notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. The Master Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.163.17, within 15 days of the Closing Date, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney for each county in which a Mortgaged Property is located and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder; provided, such limited powers of attorney or other documents shall be prepared by the Master Servicer and submitted to the Trustee for execution. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.09 hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid Principal Balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.04) and the Master Servicer shall not (unless i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the Principal Balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.07, the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (iA) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiB) cause the Trust Fund any REMIC created hereunder to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" contributions after the startup date date" under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the respective Mortgage Loans and, to the extent consistent with such terms, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership or non-ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make P&I Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for their own its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction. To the extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer (a) shall seek to maximize the timely and complete recovery of principal and interest on the Mortgage Notes and (b) shall only waive (or permit a subservicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge or part of a Prepayment Charge if such waiver would maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and the related Mortgage Loan, and doing so is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans. The Master Servicer may waive a Prepayment Charge on any Mortgage Loan if the related Mortgagor has chosen to refinance such Mortgage Loan through the same lender; provided, however, the Master Servicer must pay the amount of the waived Prepayment Charge, for the benefit of the Holders of the Class P Certificates, by depositing such amount into the Collection Account together with and at the time that the amount prepaid on the related Mortgage Loan is required to be deposited into the Collection Account. Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoingMortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentjudgment in accordance with the servicing standards set forth above, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, and upon notice to the Trustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) Properties and to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. The Master Servicer shall also comply in the performance of this Agreement with all reasonable rules and requirements of each insurer under any standard hazard insurance policy. Subject to Section 3.163.17, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any special or limited powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder. The hereunder and the Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.09 hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid principal balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Master Servicer may not make any future advances with respect to a Mortgage Loan (except as provided in Section 4.03) and the Master Servicer shall not (unless i) permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, reduce or increase the principal balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or change the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless, as provided in Section 3.07, the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or (ii) permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (iA) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiB) cause the Trust Fund any of REMIC I, REMIC II or REMIC III to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" contributions after the startup date date" under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Propertydelegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loanhowever, that no such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by delegation shall release the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by from the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service supervise, or take such actions as are necessary to ensure, the servicing and administer administration of the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Certificateholders, and any REO Property in accordance with this Agreement and its normal servicing practices, which generally shall conform to the customary and usual standards (i) of practice the Servicing Guide, if Impac Funding Corporation is Master Servicer, or (ii) if Impac Funding Corporation is not the Master Servicer, of prudent institutional mortgage lenders an institution prudently servicing comparable mortgage loans for their its own account and shall have full authority to do anything it reasonably deems appropriate or desirable in connection with such servicing and administration. To the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to extent consistent with the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through waive (or permit a Sub-Servicers Servicer to waive) a Prepayment Charge only if such waiver would maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and related Mortgage Loan and doing so is standard and customary in servicing mortgage loans similar to the Mortgage Loans (including any waiver of a Prepayment Charge in connection with a refinancing of a Mortgage Loan that is related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default), and in no event will it waive a Prepayment Charge in connection with a refinancing of a Mortgage Loan that is not related to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default. The Master Servicer may perform its responsibilities relating to servicing through other agents or independent contractors, but shall not thereby be released from any of its responsibilities as provided hereinafter set forth. The authority of the Master Servicer, in Section 3.02its capacity as master servicer, and any Sub-Servicer acting on its behalf, shall include, without limitation, the power to do (i) consult with and advise any Sub-Servicer regarding administration of a related Mortgage Loan, (ii) approve any recommendation by a Sub-Servicer to foreclose on a related Mortgage Loan, (iii) supervise the filing and collection of insurance claims and take or cause to be done taken such actions on behalf of the insured Person thereunder as shall be reasonably necessary to prevent the denial of coverage thereunder, and (iv) effectuate foreclosure or other conversion of the ownership of the Mortgaged Property securing a related Mortgage Loan, including the employment of attorneys, the institution of legal proceedings, the collection of deficiency judgments, the acceptance of compromise proposals, the filing of claims under any Insurance Policy and all things any other matter pertaining to a delinquent Mortgage Loan. The authority of the Master Servicer shall include, in connection addition, the power on behalf of the Certificateholders, the Trustee or any of them to (i) execute and deliver customary consents or waivers and other instruments and documents, (ii) consent to transfer of any related Mortgaged Property and assumptions of the related Mortgage Notes and Security Instruments (in the manner provided in this Agreement) and (iii) collect any Insurance Proceeds and Liquidation Proceeds. If permitted under applicable law without prejudicing any rights of the Trust Fund with respect to any Mortgage Loan, the Master Servicer, with such servicing and administration that it documentation as local law requires, acting in its own name, may deem necessary or desirablepursue claims on behalf of the Trust Fund. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer acting on its behalf may, and is hereby authorized, and empowered by the Trustee to, execute and deliver, on behalf of itself, the Certificateholders or the Trustee or any of them, any instruments of satisfaction, cancellation, partial or full release, discharge and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the related Mortgage Loans, the Insurance Policies and the accounts related thereto, and the Mortgaged Properties. The Master Servicer may exercise this power in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them therebyServicer. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall execute, at the written request of the Master Servicer, and furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and or any Sub- Sub-Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder, and the Trustee hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to carry out such duties. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11; provided that the Master Servicer shall not be obligated to make such advance if, in its good faith judgment, the Master Servicer determines that such advance to be a Nonrecoverable Advance. No costs The Master Servicer is authorized and empowered by the Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee, in its own name or in the name of any Sub-Servicer, when the Master Servicer or such Sub-Servicer, as the case may be, believes it is appropriate in its best judgment to register any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, or cause the removal from the registration of any Mortgage Loan on the MERS® System, to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders or any of them, any and all instruments of assignment and other comparable instruments with respect to such assignment or re-recording of a Mortgage in the name of MERS, solely as nominee for the Trustee and its successors and assigns. Any expenses incurred in connection with the actions described in the preceding sentence shall be borne by the Master Servicer in accordance with Section 3.17, with no right of reimbursement; provided, that if, as a result of MERS discontinuing or by Sub- Servicers becoming unable to continue operations in effecting connection with the payment of taxes and assessments MERS System, it becomes necessary to remove any Mortgage Loan from registration on the Mortgaged Properties shall, MERS System and to arrange for the purpose assignment of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added the related Mortgages to the amount owing under Trustee, then any related expenses shall be reimbursable to the related Mortgage LoansMaster Servicer from the Trust Fund. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit. The Master Servicer shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (ii) cause the Trust Fund any of REMIC 1, REMIC 2, REMIC 3 or REMIC 4 to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "“prohibited transactions" ” or "“contributions" ” after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans for the benefit of the Certificateholders, in accordance with this Agreement and the customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable mortgage loans for their own account in the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoing, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.02, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgment, to (i) execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of them, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) hold or cause to be held title to such properties, on behalf of the Trustee and Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall furnish to the Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other documents necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer and any Sub- Servicer to carry out their servicing and administrative duties hereunder. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any action taken by the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of such powers of attorney. In accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraph, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.09, and further as provided in Section 3.11. No costs incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Servicers in effecting the payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties shall, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under the related Mortgage Loans, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans so permit. The Master Servicer shall not (unless the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable) make or permit any modification, waiver or amendment of any term of any Mortgage Loan that would both (i) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (ii) cause the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the startup date under the REMIC Provisions. The Master Servicer may approve a request for a partial release of the Mortgaged Property, easement, consent to alteration or demolition and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.

Master Servicer to Act as Master Servicer. The Master Servicer shall service and administer the Mortgage Loans on behalf of the Trustee and in the best interests of and for the benefit of the Certificateholders, Certificateholders (as determined by the Master Servicer in its reasonable judgment) in accordance with (i) the terms of the respective Mortgage Loans and any insurance policies related thereto, (ii) all Applicable Regulations, (iii) the terms of this Agreement Agreement, (iv) the Loss Mitigation Action Plan, if applicable, and (v) to the extent consistent with the preceding requirements, in the same manner in which it services and administers similar mortgage loans for its own portfolio, giving due consideration to customary and usual standards of practice of prudent institutional mortgage lenders servicing comparable and loan servicers administering similar mortgage loans but without regard to: (i) any relationship that the Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer may have with the related Mortgagor; (ii) the ownership of any Certificate by the Master Servicer or any Affiliate of the Master Servicer; (iii) the Master Servicer's obligation to make Advances or Servicing Advances; or (iv) the Master Servicer's or any Sub-Servicer's right to receive compensation for their own account in its services hereunder or with respect to any particular transaction (the "Servicing Standard"). Subject only to the above-described servicing standards and the terms of this Agreement and of the respective states in which the Mortgaged Properties are located. Subject to the foregoingMortgage Loans, the Master Servicer shall have full power and authority, acting alone and/or or through Sub-Servicers as provided in Section 3.026.06, to do or cause to be done any and all things in connection with such servicing and administration that which it may deem necessary or desirable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Master Servicer in its own name or in the name of a Sub-Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered by the Trustee when Trustee, in accordance with the Master Servicer believes it appropriate in its best judgmentservicing standards set forth above, to (i) to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Trustee or any of themTrustee, any and all instruments of satisfaction or cancellation, or of partial or full release or discharge, or of forbearance, or of modification and all other comparable instruments, with respect to the Mortgage Loans and the Mortgaged Properties, (ii) to institute foreclosure proceedings or obtain a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure so as to convert the ownership of such properties, and (iii) to hold or cause to be held title to such properties, in the name of the Trust Fund, on behalf of the Trustee and the Certificateholders. The Master Servicer shall service , (iii) to market, sell and administer transfer title of REO Properties held in the Mortgage Loans in accordance with applicable state name of the Trust Fund to third party purchasers upon terms and federal law and shall provide to the Mortgagors any reports required to be provided to them thereby. Subject to Section 3.16, the Trustee shall furnish to conditions the Master Servicer deems reasonable under the Servicing Standard, (iv) to bring or respond to civil actions or complaints (in its own name or that of the Trust Fund or the Trustee on behalf of the Trust Fund) related to any Mortgage Loan, Mortgaged Property or REO Property held by the Trust Fund and (v) execute any Sub-Servicer any powers of attorney and other documents document necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to carry out its servicing and any Sub- administrative duties hereunder consistent with the Servicing Standard. At the written request of the Master Servicer, the Trustee shall execute and furnish to the Master Servicer such documents as are necessary or appropriate to enable the Master Servicer to carry out their its servicing and administrative duties hereunder. By execution of this Agreement, the Trustee, on behalf of the Trust Fund, hereby grants to the Master Servicer a power of attorney to execute any and all documents necessary to carry out any and all servicing duties described in this Agreement (including the taking of and transferring title of REO Properties to third parties held in the name of the Trustee for the benefit of the Trust) and expressly confirms that this paragraph along with the face page and a copy of the signature page (duly executed) to this Agreement shall constitute the power of attorney for evidentiary and/or recording purposes. The Trustee shall not be responsible liable for any action taken by the actions of the Master Servicer or any Sub-Servicer pursuant to the application of Servicers under such powers of attorney. In Subject to Section 3.04(d) hereof, in accordance with the standards of the preceding paragraphServicing Standard, the Master Servicer shall advance or cause to be advanced funds as necessary for the purpose of effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the Mortgaged Properties, which advances shall be Servicing Advances reimbursable in the first instance from related collections from the Mortgagors pursuant to Section 3.093.04(d), and further as provided in Section 3.113.05(a). No costs Any cost incurred by the Master Servicer or by Sub- Sub-Servicers in effecting the timely payment of taxes and assessments on the a Mortgaged Properties shallProperty shall not, for the purpose of calculating distributions to Certificateholders, be added to the amount owing under unpaid Stated Principal Balance of the related Mortgage LoansLoan, notwithstanding that the terms of such Mortgage Loans Loan so permit. The Consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Master Servicer may waive, modify or vary any term of any Mortgage Loan or consent to the postponement of strict compliance with any such term or in any manner grant indulgence to any Mortgagor if such waiver, modification, postponement or indulgence is in conformity with the Servicing Standard; provided, however, that: (A) the Master Servicer shall not make future advances (except as provided in Section 4.03); (B) the Master Servicer shall not permit any modification with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would change the Mortgage Rate, defer or forgive the payment of any principal or interest payments, reduce the outstanding Stated Principal Balance (except for reductions resulting from actual payments of principal) or extend the final maturity date on such Mortgage Loan (unless as provided in Section 3.02, (i) the Mortgagor is in default with respect to the Mortgage Loan or (ii) such default is, in the judgment of the Master Servicer, reasonably foreseeable); and (C) make the Master Servicer shall not consent to (i) partial releases of Mortgages, (ii) alterations, (iii) removal, demolition or permit any modificationdivision of properties subject to Mortgages, waiver (iv) modification or amendment of any term of (v) second mortgage subordination agreements with respect to any Mortgage Loan that would would: (i) affect adversely the status of any Trust REMIC as a REMIC,(ii) cause any Trust REMIC to be subject to a tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" pursuant to the REMIC Provisions, or (iii) both (ix) effect an exchange or reissuance of such Mortgage Loan under Section 1001 of the Code (or final, temporary or proposed Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder) and (iiy) cause any Trust REMIC constituting part of the Trust Fund to fail to qualify as a REMIC under the Code or the imposition of any tax on "prohibited transactions" or "contributions" after the startup date Startup Day under the REMIC Provisions. The To the extent consistent with the terms of this Agreement, including Section 2.03 and Section 2.05, the Master Servicer may approve waive (or permit a request for Sub-Servicer to waive) a partial release Prepayment Charge only under the following circumstances: (i) such waiver is standard and customary in servicing similar Mortgage Loans and (ii) such waiver relates to a default or a reasonably foreseeable default and would, in the reasonable judgment of the Mortgaged PropertyMaster Servicer, easement, consent to alteration or demolition maximize recovery of total proceeds taking into account the value of such Prepayment Charge and other similar matters if it has determined, exercising its good faith business judgement in the same manner as it would if it were the owner of the related Mortgage Loan, that such approval will not adversely affect the security for, or the timely and full collectability of, the related Mortgage Loan. Any fee collected The Master Servicer may delegate its responsibilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that no such delegation shall release the Master Servicer from the responsibilities or liabilities arising under this Agreement. All references to Master Servicer in this Agreement shall be deemed to include any Sub-Servicer duly appointed by the Master Servicer for processing such request will be retained by the Master Servicer as additional servicing compensation. The relationship of the Master Servicer (and of any successor pursuant to the Master Servicer under this Agreement) to the Trustee under this Agreement is intended by the parties to be that of an independent contractor and not that of a joint venturer, partner or agent.