Common use of Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation Clause in Contracts

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. If the Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property that it is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund or, at the expense of the Trust Fund, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or the NIMs Insurer), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO Property, will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges and then to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan.

Appears in 7 contracts

Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-Rm3), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-Ar1), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-Rm3)

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Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged PropertyProperty and, if applicable, as a Non-Recoverable Servicing Advance, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. If the Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property that it is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders, or its nomineenominee (which nominee shall not be the Servicer). Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself the Servicer and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund Issuing Entity acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or, at the expense of the Trust FundIssuing Entity, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 sixty (60) days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or the NIMs Insurer), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund Issuing Entity may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund Issuing Entity with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The Servicer shall have no liability for any losses resulting from a foreclosure on a second lien Mortgage Loan in connection with the foreclosure of the related first lien mortgage loan that is not a Mortgage Loan if the Servicer does not receive notice of such foreclosure action. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.12 or any liquidation other provision of a this Agreement, with respect to any Mortgage LoanLoan as to which the assistant vice president for foreclosures or the vice president of default management of the Servicer has actual knowledge (which shall not be presumed due to any documents received by the Servicer) of, net the presence of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution toxic or hazardous substance on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO Mortgaged Property, will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for shall not, on behalf of the Trustee, either (i) obtain title to such Mortgaged Property as a result of or in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise, or (ii) otherwise acquire possession of, or take any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Feesother action with respect to, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges and then to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Mortgaged Property, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourthif, as a recovery result of principal any such action, the Trustee, the Issuing Entity or the Certificateholders would be considered to hold title to, to be a "mortgagee-in-possession" of, or to be an "owner" or "operator" of such Mortgaged Property within the meaning of the Mortgage Loan.Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended from time to time, or any comparable law, unless the Servicer believes, based on its reasonable judgment and a report prepared by a Person who regularly conducts environmental audits using customary industry standards, that:

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-2), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Series 2007-Sd1), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-3)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged PropertyProperty and, if applicable, as a Non-Recoverable Servicing Advance, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. If the Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property that it is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders, or its nomineenominee (which nominee shall not be the Servicer). Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself the Servicer and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund Issuing Entity acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent reasonably foreseeable default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or, at the expense of the Trust FundIssuing Entity, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 sixty (60) days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or the NIMs Insurer), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund Issuing Entity may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund Issuing Entity with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The Servicer shall have no liability for any losses resulting from a foreclosure on a second lien Mortgage Loan in connection with the foreclosure of the related first lien mortgage loan that is not a Mortgage Loan if the Servicer does not receive notice of such foreclosure action. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.12 or any liquidation other provision of a this Agreement, with respect to any Mortgage LoanLoan as to which the assistant vice president for foreclosures or the vice president of default management of the Servicer has actual knowledge (which shall not be presumed due to any documents received by the Servicer) of, net the presence of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution toxic or hazardous substance on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO Mortgaged Property, will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for shall not, on behalf of the Trustee, either (i) obtain title to such Mortgaged Property as a result of or in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise, or (ii) otherwise acquire possession of, or take any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Feesother action with respect to, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges and then to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Mortgaged Property, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourthif, as a recovery result of principal any such action, the Trustee, the Issuing Entity or the Certificateholders would be considered to hold title to, to be a "mortgagee-in-possession" of, or to be an "owner" or "operator" of such Mortgaged Property within the meaning of the Mortgage Loan.Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended from time to time, or any comparable law, unless the Servicer believes, based on its reasonable judgment and a report prepared by a Person who regularly conducts environmental audits using customary industry standards, that:

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-4), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-H1), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-5)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. Any Mortgage Loan that is charged off may be sold to the majority Certificateholder of the Class C Certificates, at its option, at its fair market value after the time period specified in (e) below. If the Servicer has knowledge received written notice that a Mortgaged Property that it is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund Issuing Entity acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer make reasonable efforts to sell any REO Property for its fair market value. In any event, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged REO Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or, at the expense of the Trust FundIssuing Entity, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more no later than 60 days prior to 33 months after the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expireacquisition by the Issuing Entity, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee Trustee, the Master Servicer and the NIMs Insurer Securities Administrator shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or Trustee, the NIMs InsurerMaster Servicer and the Securities Administrator), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not (i) result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or in the imposition of any other federal or state tax on the Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (ii) cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund Issuing Entity may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). If such an extension has not been received and the Depositor or the Servicer, acting on behalf of the Issuing Entity hereunder, is unable to sell the REO Property within 33 months after its acquisition by the Issuing Entity or if such an extension, has been received and the Depositor or the Servicer is unable to sell the REO Property within the period ending three months before the close of the Extended Period, the Depositor shall cause the Servicer, before the end of the three year period or the Extended Period, as applicable, to (i) purchase such REO Property at a price equal to the REO Property's fair market value or (ii) auction the REO Property to the highest bidder (which may be the Servicer) in an auction reasonably designed to produce a fair price prior to the expiration of the three-year period or the Extended Period, as the case may be. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund Issuing Entity with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would are expected to exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Mortgage Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan; and fifth, to any Prepayment Charges. The proceeds of any net income from an REO Property, will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges as a recovery of principal; and then fourth, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan.

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Samples: Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Alternative Note Asset Trust, Series 2007-F1), Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Alternative Note Asset Trust, Series 2007-A1)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. If the Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property that it is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund or, at the expense of the Trust Fund, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or the NIMs InsurerTrustee), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO Property, will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges and then to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Inc), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust Series 2006-Sl1)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged PropertyProperty and, if applicable, as a Non-Recoverable Servicing Advance, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. If the Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property that it is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders and the Class A Certificate Insurer, or its nomineenominee (which nominee shall not be the Servicer). Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself the Servicer and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund Issuing Entity acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or, at the expense of the Trust FundIssuing Entity, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 sixty (60) days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee Trustee, the Class A Certificate Insurer and the NIMs Insurer shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee Trustee, the Class A Certificate Insurer or the NIMs Insurer), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund Issuing Entity may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund Issuing Entity with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The Servicer shall have no liability for any losses resulting from a foreclosure on a second lien Mortgage Loan in connection with the foreclosure of the related first lien mortgage loan that is not a Mortgage Loan if the Servicer does not receive notice of such foreclosure action. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.12 or any liquidation other provision of a this Agreement, with respect to any Mortgage LoanLoan as to which the assistant vice president for foreclosures or the vice president of default management of the Servicer has actual knowledge (which shall not be presumed due to any documents received by the Servicer) of, net the presence of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution toxic or hazardous substance on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO Mortgaged Property, will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for shall not, on behalf of the Trustee, either (i) obtain title to such Mortgaged Property as a result of or in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise, or (ii) otherwise acquire possession of, or take any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Feesother action with respect to, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges and then to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Mortgaged Property, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourthif, as a recovery result of principal any such action, the Trustee, the Issuing Entity or the Certificateholders would be considered to hold title to, to be a "mortgagee-in-possession" of, or to be an "owner" or "operator" of such Mortgaged Property within the meaning of the Mortgage Loan.Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended from time to time, or any comparable law, unless the Servicer believes (and unless the Class A Certificate Insurer consents in writing), based on its reasonable judgment and a report prepared by a Person who regularly conducts environmental audits using customary industry standards, that:

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement, Pooling and Servicing Agreement (First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-FFC)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. Any Mortgage Loan that is charged off may be sold to the majority Certificateholder of the Class C Certificates, at its option, at its fair market value after the time period specified in (e) below. If the Servicer has knowledge received written notice that a Mortgaged Property that it is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund Issuing Entity acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer make reasonable efforts to sell any REO Property for its fair market value. In any event, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged REO Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or, at the expense of the Trust FundIssuing Entity, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more no later than 60 days prior to 33 months after the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expireacquisition by the Issuing Entity, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee Trustee, the Master Servicer and the NIMs Insurer Securities Administrator shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or Trustee, the NIMs InsurerMaster Servicer and the Securities Administrator), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not (i) result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided for herein in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as defined in section 860F of the Code or in the imposition of any other federal or state tax on the Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (ii) cause any of the REMICs provided for herein in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund Issuing Entity may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). If such an extension has not been received and the Depositor or the Servicer, acting on behalf of the Issuing Entity hereunder, is unable to sell the REO Property within 33 months after its acquisition by the Issuing Entity or if such an extension, has been received and the Depositor or the Servicer is unable to sell the REO Property within the period ending three months before the close of the Extended Period, the Depositor shall cause the Servicer, before the end of the three year period or the Extended Period, as applicable, to (i) purchase such REO Property at a price equal to the REO Property's fair market value or (ii) auction the REO Property to the highest bidder (which may be the Servicer) in an auction reasonably designed to produce a fair price prior to the expiration of the three-year period or the Extended Period, as the case may be. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any REMIC provided for herein in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund Issuing Entity with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would are expected to exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Mortgage Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan; and fifth, to any Prepayment Charges. The proceeds of any net income from an REO Property, will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges as a recovery of principal; and then fourth, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan.

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Samples: Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Alternative Note Asset Trust, Series 2007-A2), Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Alternative Note Asset Trust, Series 2007-Oar2)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. Any Mortgage Loan that is charged off may be sold to the majority Certificateholder of the Class C Certificates, at its option, at its fair market value after the time period specified in (e) below. If the Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property that it the Servicer is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself the Servicer and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof affiliate may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund or, at the expense of the Trust Fund, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or the NIMs InsurerTrustee), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan; and fifth, to any Prepayment Charges. The proceeds of any net income from an REO Property, will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges as a recovery of principal; and then fourth, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Series 2005-Fm1), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust Series 2005-He2)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. If the Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property that it is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund Issuing Entity acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or, at the expense of the Trust FundIssuing Entity, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or the NIMs Insurer), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund Issuing Entity may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO PropertyProceeds, will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges and then to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO PropertyLoan, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan; and fifth, to any prepayment charges. The proceeds of any net income from an REO Property will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, as a recovery of principal; and fourth, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the related REO Property, at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-He4), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-He4)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. If the Servicer has knowledge receives written notice that a Mortgaged Property that it the Servicer is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders, or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself the Servicer and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund Issuing Entity acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or, at the expense of the Trust FundIssuing Entity, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 sixty (60) days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or the NIMs InsurerTrustee), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund Issuing Entity may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund Issuing Entity with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The Servicer shall have no liability for any losses resulting from a foreclosure on a second lien Mortgage Loan in connection with the foreclosure of the related first lien mortgage loan that is not a Mortgage Loan if the Servicer does not receive notice of such foreclosure action. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.12 or any liquidation other provision of a this Agreement, with respect to any Mortgage LoanLoan as to which the assistant vice president for foreclosures or the vice president of default management of the Servicer has actual knowledge (which shall not be presumed due to any documents received by the Servicer) of, net the presence of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution toxic or hazardous substance on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO Mortgaged Property, will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for shall not, on behalf of the Trustee, either (i) obtain title to such Mortgaged Property as a result of or in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise, or (ii) otherwise acquire possession of, or take any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Feesother action with respect to, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges and then to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Mortgaged Property, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourthif, as a recovery result of principal any such action, the Trustee, the Issuing Entity or the Certificateholders would be considered to hold title to, to be a "mortgagee-in-possession" of, or to be an "owner" or "operator" of such Mortgaged Property within the meaning of the Mortgage Loan.Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended from time to time, or any comparable law, unless the Servicer believes, based on its reasonable judgment and a report prepared by a Person who regularly conducts environmental audits using customary industry standards, that:

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-Ff2), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2006-Ff18)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. If the Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property that it the Servicer is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself the Servicer and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof affiliate may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund or, at the expense of the Trust Fund, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or the NIMs InsurerTrustee), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO Property, will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges and then to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Series 2005-Nca), Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-NCB)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. Any Mortgage Loan that is charged off may be sold to the majority Certificateholder of the Class C Certificates, at its option, at its fair market value after the time period specified in (e) below. If the Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property that it the Servicer is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself the Servicer and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof affiliate may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund or, at the expense of the Trust Fund, obtainrequest, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or the NIMs InsurerTrustee), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO Property, will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges and then to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Series 2004-Sl1)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged PropertyProperty and, if applicable, as a Non-Recoverable Servicing Advance, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. If the Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property that it is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders, or its nomineenominee (which nominee shall not be the Servicer). Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund Issuing Entity acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or, at the expense of the Trust FundIssuing Entity, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 sixty (60) days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or the NIMs Insurer), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund Issuing Entity may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund Issuing Entity with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The Servicer shall have no liability for any losses resulting from a foreclosure on a second lien Mortgage Loan in connection with the foreclosure of the related first lien mortgage loan that is not a Mortgage Loan if the Servicer does not receive notice of such foreclosure action. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceedingproceeding by more than an insignificant amount. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.12 or any liquidation other provision of a this Agreement, with respect to any Mortgage LoanLoan as to which the assistant vice president for foreclosures or the vice president of default management of the Servicer has actual knowledge (which shall not be presumed due to any documents received by the Servicer) of, net the presence of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution toxic or hazardous substance on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO Mortgaged Property, will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for shall not, on behalf of the Trustee, either (i) obtain title to such Mortgaged Property as a result of or in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise, or (ii) otherwise acquire possession of, or take any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Feesother action with respect to, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges and then to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Mortgaged Property, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourthif, as a recovery result of principal any such action, the Trustee, the Issuing Entity or the Certificateholders would be considered to hold title to, to be a "mortgagee-in-possession" of, or to be an "owner" or "operator" of such Mortgaged Property within the meaning of the Mortgage Loan.Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended from time to time, or any comparable law, unless the Servicer believes, based on its reasonable judgment and a report prepared by a Person who regularly conducts environmental audits using customary industry standards, that:

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Series 2007-He3)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. If the Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property that it the Servicer is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself the Servicer and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund Issuing Entity acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or, at the expense of the Trust FundIssuing Entity, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 sixty (60) days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or the NIMs InsurerTrustee), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund Issuing Entity may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund Issuing Entity with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The Servicer shall have no liability for any losses resulting from a foreclosure on a second lien Mortgage Loan in connection with the foreclosure of the related first lien mortgage loan that is not a Mortgage Loan if the Servicer does not receive notice of such foreclosure action. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO PropertyProceeds, will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi3.08(a)(vii) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges and then to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO PropertyLoan, at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan; and fifth, to any prepayment charges. The proceeds of any net income from an REO Property will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vii) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, as a recovery of principal; and fourth, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the related REO Property, at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust Series 2006-Rm4)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. Any Mortgage Loan that is charged off may be sold to the majority Certificateholder of the Class C Certificates, at its option, at its fair market value after the time period specified in (e) below. If the Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property that it the Servicer is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself the Servicer and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof affiliate may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund or, at the expense of the Trust Fund, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and Trustee, the NIMs Insurer and the Securities Administrator shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee Trustee, the NIMs Insurer or the NIMs InsurerSecurities Administrator), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO Property, will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges and then to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Inc)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Each Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the each Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the no Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Each Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. If the a Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property that it is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicerit, the Servicer it will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the applicable Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the such Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the such Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The related Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The related Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the such Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The related Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the related Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund or, at the expense of the Trust Fund, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer Securities Administrator shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or the NIMs InsurerSecurities Administrator), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the related Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The decision of the a Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the such Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the related Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the a Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO Property, will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the related Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the related Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges and then to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Series 2005-Sl2)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. Any Mortgage Loan that is charged off may be sold to the majority Certificateholder of the Class C Certificates, at its option, at its fair market value after the time period specified in (d) below. If the Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property that it the Servicer is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself the Servicer and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof affiliate may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund or, at the expense of the Trust Fund, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or the NIMs InsurerTrustee), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan; and fifth, to any Prepayment Charges. The proceeds of any net income from an REO Property, will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges as a recovery of principal; and then fourth, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Series 2005-Ar1)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. If the Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property that it is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund Issuing Entity acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or, at the expense of the Trust FundIssuing Entity, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or the NIMs Insurer), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund Issuing Entity may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO Property, will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges and then to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-Fm1)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. Any Mortgage Loan that is charged off may be sold to the majority Certificateholder of the Class C Certificates, at its option, at its fair market value after the time period specified in (e) below. If the Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property that it the Servicer is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself the Servicer and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof affiliate may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund or, at the expense of the Trust Fund, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and Trustee, the NIMs Insurer and the Securities Administrator shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee Trustee, the NIMs Insurer or the NIMs InsurerSecurities Administrator), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO Property, will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges and then to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Inc)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. Any Mortgage Loan that is charged off may be sold to the majority Certificateholder of the Class C Certificates, at its option, at its fair market value after the time period specified in (e) below. If the Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property that it is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund Issuing Entity acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or, at the expense of the Trust FundIssuing Entity, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and the NIMs Class A-1B Certificate Insurer shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee and the Class A-1B Certificate Insurer (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or the NIMs Class A-1B Certificate Insurer), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund Issuing Entity may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund Issuing Entity with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan; and fifth, to any Prepayment Charges. The proceeds of any net income from an REO Property, will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges as a recovery of principal; and then fourth, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Inc)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. Any Mortgage Loan that is charged off may be sold to the majority Certificateholder of the Class C Certificates, at its option, at its fair market value after the time period specified in (e) below. If the Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property that it the Servicer is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself the Servicer and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof affiliate may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund or, at the expense of the Trust Fund, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer Securities Administrator shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or the NIMs InsurerSecurities Administrator), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO Property, will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges and then to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc. Series 2004-FFC)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. If the Servicer has knowledge received written notice that a Mortgaged Property that it is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund or, at the expense of the Trust Fund, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or the NIMs Insurer), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO Property, will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges and then to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust Series 2006-Mln1)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer Servicers shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the related Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the related Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the related Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The related Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. If the related Servicer has knowledge receives written notice that a Mortgaged Property that it is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the related Servicer, the such Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the related Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the such Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the such Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The related Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The related Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the such Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the related Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The related Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund Issuing Entity acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the related Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or, at the expense of the Trust FundIssuing Entity, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee Trustee, Master Servicer, Securities Administrator or the NIMs Insurer), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund Issuing Entity may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the related Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The decision of the a Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the such Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the related Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the related Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Master Servicer and related Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Master Servicer Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO PropertyProceeds, will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the related Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the such Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges and then to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO PropertyLoan, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan; and fifth, to any prepayment charges. The proceeds of any net income from an REO Property will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the related Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the related Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, as a recovery of principal; and fourth, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the related REO Property, at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust Series 2006-He5)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. Any Mortgage Loan that is charged off may be sold to the majority Certificateholder of the Class C Certificates, at its option, at its fair market value after the time period specified in (e) below. If the Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property that it is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. 76 In the event that the Trust Fund Issuing Entity acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or, at the expense of the Trust FundIssuing Entity, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or the NIMs InsurerTrustee), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund Issuing Entity may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund Issuing Entity with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan; and fifth, to any Prepayment Charges. 77 The proceeds of any net income from an REO Property, will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges as a recovery of principal; and then fourth, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust Series 2006-He1)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. Any Mortgage Loan that is charged off may be sold to the majority Certificateholder of the Class C Certificates, at its option, at its fair market value after the time period specified in (e) below. If the Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property that it the Servicer is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself the Servicer and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof affiliate may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund or, at the expense of the Trust Fund, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or the NIMs Insurer), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan; and fifth, to any Prepayment Charges. The proceeds of any net income from an REO Property, will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges as a recovery of principal; and then fourth, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust Series 2005-Wmc2)

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Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, and, if applicable, as a Non-Recoverable Servicing Advance, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. If the Servicer has knowledge received written notice that a Mortgaged Property that it is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nomineenominee (which nominee shall not be the Servicer). Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund Issuing Entity acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer make reasonable efforts to sell any REO Property for its fair market value. In any event, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged REO Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or, at the expense of the Trust FundIssuing Entity, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more no later than 60 days prior to 33 months after the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expireacquisition by the Issuing Entity, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee Trustee, the Master Servicer and the NIMs Insurer Securities Administrator shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or Trustee, the NIMs InsurerMaster Servicer and the Securities Administrator), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not (i) result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided for herein in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as defined in section 860F of the Code or in the imposition of any other federal or state tax on the Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (ii) cause any of the REMICs provided for herein in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund Issuing Entity may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). If such an extension has not been received and the Depositor or the Servicer, acting on behalf of the Issuing Entity hereunder, is unable to sell the REO Property within 33 months after its acquisition by the Issuing Entity or if such an extension, has been received and the Depositor or the Servicer is unable to sell the REO Property within the period ending three months before the close of the Extended Period, the Depositor shall cause the Servicer, before the end of the three year period or the Extended Period, as applicable, to (i) purchase such REO Property at a price equal to the REO Property's fair market value or (ii) auction the REO Property to the highest bidder (which may be the Servicer) in an auction reasonably designed to produce a fair price prior to the expiration of the three-year period or the Extended Period, as the case may be. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any REMIC provided for herein in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund Issuing Entity with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would are expected to substantially exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Mortgage Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan; and fifth, to any Prepayment Charges. The proceeds of any net income from an REO Property, will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges as a recovery of principal; and then fourth, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan.

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Samples: Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Alternative Note Asset Trust, Series 2007-Af1)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. If the Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property that it is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Indenture Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the CertificateholdersSecurityholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself the Servicer and the Certificateholders Securityholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. A copy of such statements and reports will be delivered to the Master Servicer by the Servicer. In the event that the Trust Fund Issuing Entity acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or, at the expense of the Trust FundIssuing Entity, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 sixty (60) days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Indenture Trustee and the NIMs Insurer shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee Master Servicer, Securities Administrator or the NIMs InsurerIndenture Trustee), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided for herein in the Indenture as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein in the Indenture to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund Issuing Entity may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any REMIC provided for herein in the Indenture to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Indenture Trustee and the Trust Fund Estate with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The Servicer agrees not to knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit to take any action that would cause the termination of the REMIC status of any of the REMICs provided for in the Indenture or result in the imposition of a tax upon any of the REMICs provided for in the Indenture. In the event that any REMIC provided for in the Indenture fails to qualify as a REMIC, loses its status as a REMIC or incurs federal, state or local taxes as a result of a prohibited transaction or prohibited contribution under the REMIC Provisions due to the negligent performance by the Servicer of its duties and obligations set forth herein, the Servicer shall indemnify the Indenture Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer and the Issuing Entity against any and all losses resulting from such negligence; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be liable for any such losses attributable to the action or inaction of the Indenture Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Depositor or the holder of the residual interest in such REMIC, as applicable, nor for any such losses resulting from misinformation provided by the holder of the residual interest in such REMIC on which the Servicer has relied. The foregoing shall not be deemed to limit or restrict the rights and remedies of the holder of the residual interest in such REMIC now or hereafter existing at law or in equity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, in no event shall the Servicer have any liability (1) for any action or omission that is taken in accordance with and in compliance with the express terms of, or which is expressly permitted by the terms of, this Agreement, (2) for any losses other than those arising out of a negligent performance by the Servicer of its duties and obligations set forth herein, and (3) for any special or consequential damages to Securityholders (in addition to payment of principal and interest on the Securities). The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the related Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the related Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Payment Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO PropertyProceeds, will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi3.08(a)(vii) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer (or Master Servicer, as applicable) for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges and then to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO PropertyLoan, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan; and fifth, to any Prepayment Charges. The proceeds of any net income from any REO Property will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer (or the Master Servicer, as applicable) for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vii) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer (or the Master Servicer, as applicable) for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, as a recovery of principal; and fourth, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the related REO property, at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed.

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Samples: Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Series 2006-Sl2)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged PropertyProperty (or stock allocated to a dwelling unit, in the case of a Co-op Loan), as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. If the Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property (or Underlying Mortgaged Property, in the case of a Co-op Loan) that it the Servicer is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged PropertyProperty (or stock allocated to a dwelling unit, in the case of a Co-op Loan), consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself the Servicer and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each the Determination DateDate immediately following the month concerned. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund Issuing Entity acquires any Mortgaged Property (or stock allocated to a dwelling unit, in the case of a Co-op Loan) as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property (or stock allocated to a dwelling unit, in the case of a Co-op Loan) prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or, at the expense of the Trust FundIssuing Entity, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, request more than 60 days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, period unless the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or the NIMs Insurer), Trustee) to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity of such Mortgaged Property (or stock allocated to a dwelling unit, in the case of a Co-op Loan) subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund Issuing Entity may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (or stock allocated to a dwelling unit, in the case of Co-op Loan) (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property (or stock allocated to a dwelling unit, in the case of Co-op Loan) acquired by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property Property(or stock allocated to a dwelling unit, in the case of Co-op Loan) to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property (or stock allocated to a dwelling unit, in the case of Co-op Loan) under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund Issuing Entity with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of any unpaid or unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged PropertyProperty (or stock allocated to a dwelling unit, in the case of Co-op Loan), shall be applied for the purpose of the Issuing Entity to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such net income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the that any such net income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following within two Business Days after receipt thereof for distribution pursuant to the provisions hereof on the related Distribution DateDate immediately following the Prepayment Period in which such Liquidation Proceeds are received. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or and any net income from an REO Property, will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges and then to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust Series 2006-Opt1)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, and, if applicable, as a Non-Recoverable Servicing Advance, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. If the Servicer has knowledge received written notice that a Mortgaged Property that it is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nomineenominee (which nominee shall not be the Servicer). Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund Issuing Entity acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer make reasonable efforts to sell any REO Property for its fair market value. In any event, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged REO Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or, at the expense of the Trust FundIssuing Entity, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more no later than 60 days prior to 33 months after the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expireacquisition by the Issuing Entity, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee Trustee, the Master Servicer and the NIMs Insurer Securities Administrator shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or Trustee, the NIMs InsurerMaster Servicer and the Securities Administrator), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not (i) result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided for herein in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement as defined in section 860F of the Code or in the imposition of any other federal or state tax on the Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (ii) cause any of the REMICs provided for herein in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund Issuing Entity may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). If such an extension has not been received and the Depositor or the Servicer, acting on behalf of the Issuing Entity hereunder, is unable to sell the REO Property within 33 months after its acquisition by the Issuing Entity or if such an extension, has been received and the Depositor or the Servicer is unable to sell the REO Property within the period ending three months before the close of the Extended Period, the Depositor shall cause the Servicer, before the end of the three year period or the Extended Period, as applicable, to (i) purchase such REO Property at a price equal to the REO Property's fair market value or (ii) auction the REO Property to the highest bidder (which may be the Servicer) in an auction reasonably designed to produce a fair price prior to the expiration of the three-year period or the Extended Period, as the case may be. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any REMIC provided for herein in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund Issuing Entity with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would are expected to substantially exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Mortgage Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any income unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan; and fifth, to any Prepayment Charges. The net proceeds from an REO Property, will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges as a recovery of principal; and then fourth, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan.

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Samples: Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, Series 2007-3)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. Any Mortgage Loan that is charged off may be sold to the majority Certificateholder of the Class C Certificates, at its option, at its fair market value after the time period specified in (e) below. If the Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property that it the Servicer is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself the Servicer and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof affiliate may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund or, at the expense of the Trust Fund, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or the NIMs InsurerTrustee), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan; and fifth, to any Prepayment Charges. The proceeds of any net income from an REO Property, will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges as a recovery of principal; and then fourth, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust Series 2005-He3)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer Wilshire shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 13.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer Wilshire shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer Wilshire shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account Accounts pursuant to Section 3.08 13.08 hereof). The Servicer Wilshire shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 13.08 hereof. Any Mortgage Loan that is charged off may be sold to the majority Certificateholder of the Class C Certificates, at its option, at its fair market value after the time period specified in (e) below. If the a Servicer has knowledge received written notice that a Mortgaged Property that it is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the ServicerWilshire, the Servicer Wilshire will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee, which shall not be Wilshire. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer Wilshire shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer Wilshire protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer Wilshire deems to be in the best interest of itself and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer Wilshire shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer Wilshire to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the applicable Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer Wilshire shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund Issuing Entity acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer Wilshire shall make reasonable efforts to sell any REO Property for its fair market value. In any event, Wilshire shall dispose of such Mortgaged REO Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or, at the expense of the Trust FundIssuing Entity, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more no later than 60 days prior to 33 months after its acquisition by the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expireIssuing Entity, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee Trustee, the Master Servicer and the NIMs Insurer Securities Administrator shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or Trustee, the NIMs InsurerMaster Servicer and the Securities Administrator), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result (i) in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or in the imposition of any other federal or state tax on the Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided for herein or (ii) cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund Issuing Entity may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). If such an extension has not been received and the Depositor or a Servicer, acting on behalf of the Issuing Entity hereunder, is unable to sell the REO Property within 33 months after its acquisition by the Issuing Entity or if such an extension, has been received and the Depositor or the Servicer is unable to sell the REO Property within the period ending three months before the close of the Extended Period, the Depositor shall cause the Servicer, before the end of the three year period or the Extended Period, as applicable, to (i) purchase such REO Property at a price equal to the REO Property's fair market value or (ii) auction the REO Property to the highest bidder (which may be the Servicer) in an auction reasonably designed to produce a fair price prior to the expiration of the three-year period or the Extended Period, as the case may be. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer Wilshire or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund Issuing Entity with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The decision of the Servicer Wilshire to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer Wilshire that the proceeds of such foreclosure would are expected to exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer Wilshire for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the applicable Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Interest Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Servicer Wilshire as provided above, shall be deposited in the applicable Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO Property, will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer Wilshire for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi13.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.1213.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer Wilshire for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii13.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.1213.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges and then to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO PropertyLoan, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan; and fifth, to any Prepayment Charges. The proceeds of any net income from an REO Property, will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse Wilshire for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 13.08(a)(vi) or this Section 13.12; second, to reimburse Wilshire for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 13.08(a)(ii) or this Section 13.12; third, as a recovery of principal; and fourth, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the related REO Property, at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Alternative Note Asset Trust, Series 2007-Oar3)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. If the Servicer has knowledge receives written notice that a Mortgaged Property that it is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund Issuing Entity acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or, at the expense of the Trust FundIssuing Entity, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or the NIMs Insurer), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund Issuing Entity may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO PropertyProceeds, will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges and then to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO PropertyLoan, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan; and fifth, to any prepayment charges. The proceeds of any net income from an REO Property will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, as a recovery of principal; and fourth, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the related REO Property, at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Series 2006-He6)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. Any Mortgage Loan that is charged off may be sold to the majority Certificateholder of the Class C Certificates, at its option, at its fair market value after the time period specified in (e) below. If the Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property that it is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund Issuing Entity acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or, at the expense of the Trust FundIssuing Entity, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or the NIMs InsurerTrustee), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund Issuing Entity may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund Issuing Entity with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan; and fifth, to any Prepayment Charges. The proceeds of any net income from an REO Property, will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges as a recovery of principal; and then fourth, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-Wmc2)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. If the Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property that it the Servicer is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself the Servicer and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof affiliate may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund or, at the expense of the Trust Fund, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer Securities Administrator shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or the NIMs InsurerSecurities Administrator), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO Property, will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges and then to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust Series 2005-Sl1)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. If the Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property that it is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund Issuing Entity acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or, at the expense of the Trust FundIssuing Entity, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or the NIMs InsurerTrustee), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund Issuing Entity may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO PropertyProceeds, will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges and then to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO PropertyLoan, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan; and fifth, to any prepayment charges. The proceeds of any net income from an REO Property will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, as a recovery of principal; and fourth, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the related REO Property, at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust Series 2006-Sd1)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. If the Servicer has knowledge receives written notice that a Mortgaged Property that it the Servicer is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders, or its nomineenominee (which nominee shall not be the Servicer or Special Servicer). Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself the Servicer and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund Issuing Entity acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or, at the expense of the Trust FundIssuing Entity, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 sixty (60) days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or the NIMs InsurerTrustee), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund Issuing Entity may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund Issuing Entity with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The Servicer shall have no liability for any losses resulting from a foreclosure on a second lien Mortgage Loan in connection with the foreclosure of the related first lien mortgage loan that is not a Mortgage Loan if the Servicer does not receive notice of such foreclosure action. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.12 or any liquidation other provision of a this Agreement, with respect to any Mortgage LoanLoan as to which the assistant vice president for foreclosures or the vice president of default management of the Servicer has actual knowledge (which shall not be presumed due to any documents received by the Servicer) of, net the presence of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution toxic or hazardous substance on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO Mortgaged Property, will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for shall not, on behalf of the Trustee, either (i) obtain title to such Mortgaged Property as a result of or in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise, or (ii) otherwise acquire possession of, or take any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Feesother action with respect to, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges and then to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Mortgaged Property, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourthif, as a recovery result of principal any such action, the Trustee, the Issuing Entity or the Certificateholders would be considered to hold title to, to be a "mortgagee-in-possession" of, or to be an "owner" or "operator" of such Mortgaged Property within the meaning of the Mortgage Loan.Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended from time to time, or any comparable law, unless the Servicer believes, based on its reasonable judgment and a report prepared by a Person who regularly conducts environmental audits using customary industry standards, that:

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Series 2006-Ff1)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer Company shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 13.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer Company shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer Company shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account Protected Accounts pursuant to Section 3.08 13.08 hereof). The Servicer Company shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 13.08 hereof. Any Mortgage Loan that is charged off may be sold to the majority Certificateholder of the Class C Certificates, at its option, at its fair market value after the time period specified in (e) below. If the a Servicer has knowledge received written notice that a Mortgaged Property that it is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the ServicerCompany, the Servicer Company will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee, which shall not be the Company. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer Company shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer Company protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer Company deems to be in the best interest of itself and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer Company shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer Company to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection applicable Protected Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer Company shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund Issuing Entity acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer Company shall make reasonable efforts to sell any REO Property for its fair market value. In any event, the Company shall dispose of such Mortgaged REO Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or, at the expense of the Trust FundIssuing Entity, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more no later than 60 days prior to 33 months after its acquisition by the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expireIssuing Entity, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee Trustee, the Master Servicer and the NIMs Insurer Securities Administrator shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or Trustee, the NIMs InsurerMaster Servicer and the Securities Administrator), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result (i) in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or in the imposition of any other federal or state tax on the Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided for herein or (ii) cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund Issuing Entity may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). If such an extension has not been received and the Depositor or a Servicer, acting on behalf of the Issuing Entity hereunder, is unable to sell the REO Property within 33 months after its acquisition by the Issuing Entity or if such an extension, has been received and the Depositor or the Servicer is unable to sell the REO Property within the period ending three months before the close of the Extended Period, the Depositor shall cause the Servicer, before the end of the three year period or the Extended Period, as applicable, to (i) purchase such REO Property at a price equal to the REO Property's fair market value or (ii) auction the REO Property to the highest bidder (which may be the Servicer) in an auction reasonably designed to produce a fair price prior to the expiration of the three-year period or the Extended Period, as the case may be. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer Company or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund Issuing Entity with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The decision of the Servicer Company to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer Company that the proceeds of such foreclosure would are expected to exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer Company for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection applicable Protected Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Interest Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Servicer Company as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection applicable Protected Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO Property, will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer Company for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and unpaid Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi13.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.1213.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer Company for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii13.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.1213.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges and then to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO PropertyLoan, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan; and fifth, to any Prepayment Charges. The proceeds of any net income from an REO Property, will be applied as between the parties in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Company for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 13.08(a)(vi) or this Section 13.12; second, to reimburse the Company for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 13.08(a)(ii) or this Section 13.12; third, as a recovery of principal; and fourth, to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the related REO Property, at the applicable Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Alternative Note Asset Trust, Series 2007-Oar2)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. If the Servicer has knowledge Any Mortgage Loan that a Mortgaged Property that it is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known charged off may be sold to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name majority Certificateholder of the Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund orClass C Certificates, at the expense of the Trust Fund, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or the NIMs Insurer), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO Property, will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges and then to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Propertyits option, at its fair market value after the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring time period specified in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan.(e)

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Inc)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer Servicers shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the related Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the such Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Each Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, and, if applicable, as a Non-Recoverable Servicing Advance, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. If the Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property that it is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Indenture Trustee or its nomineenominee (which nominee shall not be the Servicer). Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the each Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the such Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the CertificateholdersSecurityholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the such Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself such Servicer and the Certificateholders Securityholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The related Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The related Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the each Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The related Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. A copy of such statements and reports will be delivered to the Master Servicer by the Servicer. In the event that the Trust Fund Issuing Entity acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the related Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or, at the expense of the Trust FundIssuing Entity, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 sixty (60) days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Indenture Trustee and the NIMs Insurer shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee Master Servicer, Securities Administrator, the NIMs Insurer or the NIMs InsurerIndenture Trustee), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided for herein in the Indenture as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein in the Indenture to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund Issuing Entity may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Servicing Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any REMIC provided for herein in the Indenture to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the related Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Indenture Trustee and the Trust Fund Estate with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The related Servicer agrees not to knowingly or intentionally take any action or omit to take any action that would cause the termination of the REMIC status of any of the REMICs provided for in the Indenture or result in the imposition of a tax upon any of the REMICs provided for in the Indenture. In the event that any REMIC provided for in the Indenture fails to qualify as a REMIC, loses its status as a REMIC or incurs federal, state or local taxes as a result of a prohibited transaction or prohibited contribution under the REMIC Provisions due to the negligent performance by the related Servicer of its duties and obligations set forth herein, such Servicer shall indemnify the Indenture Trustee, the Securities Administrator, the Master Servicer, the NIMs Insurer and the Issuing Entity against any and all losses resulting from such negligence; provided, however, that such Servicer shall not be liable for any such losses attributable to the action or inaction of the Indenture Trustee, the Master Servicer, the Securities Administrator, the Depositor, the NIMs Insurer or the holder of the residual interest in such REMIC, as applicable, nor for any such losses resulting from misinformation provided by the holder of the residual interest in such REMIC on which such Servicer has relied. The foregoing shall not be deemed to limit or restrict the rights and remedies of the holder of the residual interest in such REMIC now or hereafter existing at law or in equity. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, in no event shall the related Servicer have any liability (1) for any action or omission that is taken in accordance with and in compliance with the express terms of, or which is expressly permitted by the terms of, this Servicing Agreement, (2) for any losses other than those arising out of a negligent performance by such Servicer of its duties and obligations set forth herein, and (3) for any special or consequential damages to Securityholders (in addition to payment of principal and interest on the Securities). The Servicers shall have no liability for any losses resulting from a foreclosure on a second lien Mortgage Loan in connection with the foreclosure of the related first lien mortgage loan that is not a Mortgage Loan if the applicable Servicer does not receive notice of such foreclosure action. The decision of the a Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the such Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the related Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Servicing Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the related Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.12 or any liquidation other provision of this Servicing Agreement, with respect to any Mortgage Loan as to which the assistant vice president for foreclosures or the vice president of default management or analogous officer of a Mortgage LoanServicer (other than Xxxxxx) has actual knowledge (which shall not be presumed due to any documents received by such Servicer) of, net the presence of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution toxic or hazardous substance on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO Mortgaged Property, will be applied such Servicer shall not, on behalf of the Indenture Trustee, either (i) obtain title to such Mortgaged Property as a result of or in the following order lieu of priority: firstforeclosure or otherwise, to reimburse the Servicer for or (ii) otherwise acquire possession of, or take any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Feesother action with respect to, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges and then to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Mortgaged Property, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourthif, as a recovery result of principal any such action, the Indenture Trustee, the Issuing Entity or the Securityholders would be considered to hold title to, to be a "mortgagee-in-possession" of, or to be an "owner" or "operator" of such Mortgaged Property within the meaning of the Mortgage Loan.Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended from time to time, or any comparable law, unless such Servicer believes, based on its reasonable judgment and a report prepared by a Person who regularly conducts environmental audits using customary industry standards, that:

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Samples: Mortgage Loan Servicing Agreement (Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Series 2007-Sl1)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. If the Servicer has knowledge that a Mortgaged Property that it is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund Issuing Entity acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or, at the expense of the Trust FundIssuing Entity, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or the NIMs Insurer), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund Issuing Entity may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from any liquidation of a Mortgage Loan, net of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO Property, will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Fees, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges and then to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Property, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourth, as a recovery of principal of the Mortgage Loan.

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-He3)

Realization Upon Defaulted Mortgage Loans; Determination of Excess Proceeds; Special Loss Mitigation. (a) The Servicer shall use reasonable efforts consistent with the servicing standard set forth in Section 3.01 to foreclose upon or otherwise comparably convert the ownership of properties securing such of the Mortgage Loans as come into and continue in default and as to which no satisfactory arrangements can be made for collection of Delinquent payments. In connection with such foreclosure or other conversion, the Servicer shall follow such practices and procedures as it shall deem necessary or advisable and as shall be normal and usual in its general mortgage servicing activities and the requirements of the insurer under any Required Insurance Policy; provided, however, that the Servicer shall not be required to expend its own funds in connection with the restoration of any property that shall have suffered damage due to an uninsured cause unless it shall determine (i) that such restoration will increase the proceeds of liquidation of the Mortgage Loan after reimbursement to itself of such expenses and (ii) that such expenses will be recoverable to it through Liquidation Proceeds (respecting which it shall have priority for purposes of withdrawals from the Collection Account pursuant to Section 3.08 hereof). The Servicer shall be responsible for all other costs and expenses incurred by it in any such proceedings; provided, however, that it shall be entitled to reimbursement thereof from the proceeds of liquidation of the related Mortgaged Property, as contemplated in Section 3.08 hereof. If the Servicer has knowledge receives written notice that a Mortgaged Property that it the Servicer is contemplating acquiring in foreclosure or by deed-in-lieu of foreclosure is located within a one-mile radius of any site with environmental or hazardous waste risks known to the Servicer, the Servicer will, prior to acquiring the Mortgaged Property, consider such risks and only take action in accordance with Accepted Servicing Practices. With respect to any REO Property, the deed or certificate of sale shall be taken in the name of the Trustee Trustee, on behalf of the Certificateholders, or its nominee. Pursuant to its efforts to sell such REO Property, the Servicer shall either itself or through an agent selected by the Servicer protect and conserve such REO Property in the same manner and to such extent as is customary in the locality where such REO Property is located and may, incident to its conservation and protection of the interests of the Certificateholders, rent the same, or any part thereof, as the Servicer deems to be in the best interest of itself the Servicer and the Certificateholders for the period prior to the sale of such REO Property. The Servicer or an Affiliate thereof may receive usual and customary real estate referral fees for real estate brokers in connection with the listing and disposition of REO Property. The Servicer shall prepare a statement with respect to each REO Property that has been rented showing the aggregate rental income received and all expenses incurred in connection with the management and maintenance of such REO Property at such times as is necessary to enable the Servicer to comply with the reporting requirements of the REMIC Provisions. The net monthly rental income, if any, from such REO Property shall be deposited in the Collection Account no later than the close of business on each Determination Date. The Servicer shall perform the tax reporting and withholding related to foreclosures, abandonments and cancellation of indebtedness income as specified by Sections 1445, 6050J and 6050P of the Code by preparing and filing such tax and information returns, as may be required. In the event that the Trust Fund Issuing Entity acquires any Mortgaged Property as aforesaid or otherwise in connection with a default or imminent default on a Mortgage Loan, the Servicer shall dispose of such Mortgaged Property prior to the expiration of three years from the end of the year of its acquisition by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or, at the expense of the Trust FundIssuing Entity, obtain, in accordance with applicable procedures for obtaining an automatic extension of the grace period, more than 60 sixty (60) days prior to the day on which such three-year period would otherwise expire, an extension of the three-year grace period, in which case such property must be disposed of prior to the end of such extension, unless the Trustee and the NIMs Insurer shall have been supplied with an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustee (such Opinion of Counsel not to be an expense of the Trustee or the NIMs InsurerTrustee), to the effect that the holding by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity of such Mortgaged Property subsequent to such three-year period or extension will not result in the imposition of taxes on "prohibited transactions" of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any of the REMICs provided for herein as defined in section 860F of the Code or cause any of the REMICs provided for herein to fail to qualify as a REMIC at any time that any Certificates are outstanding, in which case the Trust Fund Issuing Entity may continue to hold such Mortgaged Property (subject to any conditions contained in such Opinion of Counsel). Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Mortgaged Property acquired by the Trust Fund Issuing Entity shall be held, rented (or allowed to continue to be rented) or otherwise used for the production of income by or on behalf of the Trust Fund Issuing Entity in such a manner or pursuant to any terms that would (i) cause such Mortgaged Property to fail to qualify as "foreclosure property" within the meaning of section 860G(a)(8) of the Code or (ii) subject the Trust Fund Issuing Entity or any REMIC provided for herein to the imposition of any federal, state or local income taxes on the income earned from such Mortgaged Property under section 860G(c) of the Code or otherwise, unless the Servicer or the Depositor has agreed to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and the Trust Fund Issuing Entity with respect to the imposition of any such taxes. The Servicer shall have no liability for any losses resulting from a foreclosure on a second lien Mortgage Loan in connection with the foreclosure of the related mortgage loan that is not a Mortgage Loan if the Servicer does not receive notice of such foreclosure action. The decision of the Servicer to foreclose on a defaulted Mortgage Loan shall be subject to a determination by the Servicer that the proceeds of such foreclosure would exceed the costs and expenses of bringing such a proceeding. The income earned from the management of any Mortgaged Properties acquired through foreclosure or other judicial proceeding, net of reimbursement to the Servicer for expenses incurred (including any property or other taxes) in connection with such management and net of unreimbursed Servicing Fees, Advances, Servicing Advances and any management fee paid or to be paid with respect to the management of such Mortgaged Property, shall be applied to the payment of principal of, and interest on, the related defaulted Mortgage Loans (with interest accruing as though such Mortgage Loans were still current) and all such income shall be deemed, for all purposes in this Agreement, to be payments on account of principal and interest on the related Mortgage Notes and shall be deposited into the Collection Account. To the extent the income received during a Prepayment Period is in excess of the amount attributable to amortizing principal and accrued interest at the related Mortgage Rate on the related Mortgage Loan, such excess shall be considered to be a partial Principal Prepayment for all purposes hereof. The Liquidation Proceeds from Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.12 or any liquidation other provision of a this Agreement, with respect to any Mortgage LoanLoan as to which the assistant vice president for foreclosures or the vice president of default management of the Servicer has actual knowledge (which shall not be presumed due to any documents received by the Servicer) of, net the presence of any payment to the Servicer as provided above, shall be deposited in the Collection Account on the next succeeding Determination Date following receipt thereof for distribution toxic or hazardous substance on the related Distribution Date. The proceeds of any Liquidated Loan, as well as any recovery resulting from a partial collection of Liquidation Proceeds or any income from an REO Mortgaged Property, will be applied in the following order of priority: first, to reimburse the Servicer for shall not, on behalf of the Trustee, either (i) obtain title to such Mortgaged Property as a result of or in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise, or (ii) otherwise acquire possession of, or take any related unreimbursed Servicing Advances and Servicing Feesother action with respect to, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(vi) or this Section 3.12; second, to reimburse the Servicer for any unreimbursed Advances, pursuant to Section 3.08(a)(ii) or this Section 3.12; third, to any Prepayment Charges and then to accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent no Advance has been made for such amount) on the Mortgage Loan or related REO Mortgaged Property, at the Net Mortgage Rate to the Due Date occurring in the month in which such amounts are required to be distributed; and fourthif, as a recovery result of principal any such action, the Trustee, the Issuing Entity or the Certificateholders would be considered to hold title to, to be a "mortgagee-in-possession" of, or to be an "owner" or "operator" of such Mortgaged Property within the meaning of the Mortgage Loan.Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended from time to time, or any comparable law, unless the Servicer believes, based on its reasonable judgment and a report prepared by a Person who regularly conducts environmental audits using customary industry standards, that:

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Samples: Pooling and Servicing Agreement (First Franklin Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-Ffa)

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