Lake Ida lakeshore
$1,200,000
11615 Gehrkes Point NW
Alexandria, MN 56308
- 3 bd
- 2.5 ba
- 3,750 sq ft
- 0.61 acres
Photos from the Home Match Realty listing.
Home Match Realty · Alexandria, MN
Homes, lakeshore and custom builds across West Central Minnesota
Buy, sell, or pick a lot and build your dream home with Janet Matchinsky, broker/owner of Home Match Realty in Alexandria.
Broker/Owner, Home Match Realty · 64 closings on NorthstarMLS since November 2023 · West Central Minnesota
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Sold by Janet
From lakeshore to new builds
Janet listed and sold both homes pictured here herself; the photos are from her listings.
Sold
New build
From plans to keys
4568 Dixie Lane SW was a 2021 build that Janet listed and sold.
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One broker, West Central Minnesota
Who Janet helps
Home Match Realty is a one-broker shop on Kenwood Street in Alexandria. Janet works the whole west-central corner of the state: Douglas, Pope, Todd, Stearns, Kandiyohi, Otter Tail, Grant, Morrison, Swift, Meeker, Stevens and Renville counties.
Since November 2023, Janet's NorthstarMLS record includes a $1,200,000 home on Lake Ida in Alexandria and a 2021-built five-bedroom in Alexandria, both listed and sold by Janet. She also represented the buyer on 31 closings, most in Willmar (11), Alexandria (5), Glenwood (2), New London (2), Pennock (2) and Spicer (2); homes listed by other brokerages are counted, not shown, under NorthstarMLS rules. Home Match Realty also lists the Longview Circle lots currently for sale in Osakis. First homes, retirement moves, lake homes, custom builds, acreage and everything between.
Four kinds of people call her most often:
- Buyers who want the whole picture. People who want to see the imperfections of a house pointed out, not glossed over, and who want an agent available on a Sunday evening when the right listing hits.
- Sellers who want a real marketing plan. A pricing and marketing plan built around the property, which can include remodeling help, custom décor and staging, and 8K drone photos and video.
- Out-of-area movers. Buyers arriving from as far as California who need someone to line up a dozen showings in two days and tell them which lake road floods in April.
- People who want to build. Buyers who have a lot in mind, or need one, and want someone who can price the finished home before the first shovel goes in and introduce them to local builders. Start on the build page.
Buy a home
Tell Janet what you are looking for and where. She sets up a private NorthstarMLS search so new listings reach your phone the moment they post, then handles showings, offers and inspections from there.
Sell your home
Janet builds a pricing and marketing plan around your home. Depending on the property, it can include remodeling help and the connections to get the work done, custom décor and staging, and 8K drone photos and video.
What is your home worth?
Three quick steps and Janet sends you a comparable-sales analysis built from actual closed sales in your area, not an algorithm. No obligation, no listing pressure.
Listed by Home Match Realty
Janet's listings
These are Home Match Realty's own listings, marketed personally by Janet: single-family homes across West Central Minnesota first, then the buildable lots at Longview Circle in Osakis , a residential development on Smith Lake; Home Match Realty lists the Longview Circle lots currently for sale.
Updated from NorthstarMLS through IDX Broker.
Pending
Pending
No homes listed by Home Match Realty right now; the lots below and the search above are live.
Buildable lots in Osakis
Longview Circle, Osakis
12 buildable lots listed by Home Match Realty on the Douglas County side of Osakis, from $35,000 to $160,000 and 0.94 to 1.58 acres. 9 lots closed between April and July 2026.
From NorthstarMLS
Janet's record since November 2023
- 64Closings on NorthstarMLS since November 2023
- 28With Home Match Realty as the listing brokerage
- 31Representing the buyer, outside Longview Circle
- 4.4Google rating from 13 reviews, as of Oct 15, 2026
Source: NorthstarMLS sold data since November 2023 (its three-year window), as of October 5, 2026. A closing where Janet represented both sides counts once; Longview Circle lot sales recorded on the buyer side are development sales, not buyer work; homes listed by other brokerages are counted, not shown, under NorthstarMLS rules. Zillow: 5.0 stars from 7 Zillow reviews, as of October 14, 2026. Reviews: Google Business Profile.
Service area
Where Janet works
Alexandria is home base, but Janet's license and her sold history cover the whole West Central Minnesota footprint. Every town she serves has its own page with drive time from her office, nearby lakes, school district and, where she has closed there, the sales that back it up.
Start with the busiest markets: Alexandria, Willmar, Long Prairie, Osakis, Glenwood, Sartell and Spicer. Or browse the full communities list.
Douglas County's biggest lakes
Lake homes and cabins
Douglas County alone has the Alexandria Chain of Lakes, 5 connected lakes totaling about 6,513 acres on this site alone (Lake Carlos (2,605 acres), Lake Le Homme Dieu (1,801 acres), Lake Darling (1,050 acres), Lake Geneva (640 acres), and Lake Victoria (417 acres), per the Minnesota DNR), and that is before you count Lake Miltona, Lake Osakis at 6,389 acres, or the Kandiyohi County lakes around Spicer and New London. Lake property is its own kind of purchase: shoreline rules, septic compliance, dock rights, and whether the road is plowed in January all matter as much as the kitchen.
Janet works with buyers and sellers of lake homes, seasonal cabins and lake-area building lots across the region. Use the Lake Finder to filter by county and size, then open any lake for acreage, depth, public access and a search link for homes currently for sale on it.
Broker / Owner
Meet Janet
A client summed it up in a review: Janet and her team "match hearts to homes." That is the whole business model. One broker, personally responsible for every file, with no assistant screening calls.
What clients wrote in their reviews:
- She points out the problems. One buyer wrote that Janet "gave us her honest opinion about things and was helpful pointing out imperfections."
- She picks up. The same buyer wrote that she "made herself available every moment we called on her, even when it was last minute," and another called her "always a phone call away even after closing on my home."
- She negotiates. A first-time buyer called her "an awesome negotiator," and a seller wrote that she "took the anxiety out of the negotiation process."
- She does the extra work on listings. A seller wrote that she "took extra steps like giving staging tips," and a client who was also buying wrote that she "made personal phone calls to other realtors to get the word out."
Read the full reviews on the testimonials page, or see her Google profile and Zillow profile: every review, including critical ones, is public where it was posted.
Reviews, reproduced as written
What clients say
If you want a realtor who will get the job done i highly recommend Janet she helped us get the perfect house for our family of 8 ! Apart from knowing what she is doing she is a pleansant person to be around so kind i am so glad we had her as our realtor! She will not disapoint !
Janet went above and beyond to help me buy my first home! Would highly recommend her to anyone buying or selling. She's very knowledgeable, professional and an awesome negotiator!
We were in the market for a cabin and met Janet, with our first visit to a cabin we were interested in. Janet worked tirelessly to help us find a place that met our requirements. She was extremely knowledgeable of lakes, homes and their backgrounds. I would recommend Janet for any real estate needs.
Janet has 4.4 stars from 13 Google reviews, as of October 15, 2026, and 5.0 stars from 7 Zillow reviews, as of October 14, 2026. The testimonials page reproduces a selection of client reviews as written; every review, including critical ones, is public where it was posted, such as her Google and Zillow profiles.
In their own words: a buyer whose "process for selection of purchase was long," a couple from California for whom Janet "showed us about a dozen houses" in two days, and a couple with a house to sell who wrote that she "went above and beyond making sure our house was show ready."
Written for this region
Guides and notes from Janet
Guide
VA and USDA Loans in Rural Minnesota: Who Qualifies and How to Use Them
VA loans are for eligible veterans and service members; USDA loans are for moderate-income buyers in rural areas. Fees, income limits, well and septic rules.
Guide
Selling a Lake Home: Timing, Docks, and What Buyers Ask
When to list a Minnesota lake home, the septic, well, permit and dock paperwork to have ready, how frontage is priced, and what every lake buyer will ask you.
Guide
Selling Land and Building Lots in Minnesota
How to sell acreage, farmland and building lots in Minnesota: what buyers verify, Green Acres payback, wetlands, splits and plats, deed tax and disclosures.
Market
Homes Janet Matchinsky Has Sold and Listed in Minnesota
64 NorthstarMLS closings for Janet Matchinsky since November 2023: prices and dates for the 28 she listed, buyer-side sales counted by town, 18 listed now.
Local Living
Willmar or New London–Spicer? Work, Schools and Housing Types
Compare Willmar and New London–Spicer through work locations, verified school assignments, housing types and the weekly routine behind your home search.
Closing and Moving
Who Keeps the Appliances and Fixtures When a Home Sells?
Which appliances and fixtures stay when a Minnesota home sells comes down to the purchase agreement. Write a clear include and exclude list before closing.
Closings since November 2023
Recently sold
$55,000
Riverside Dr. (lot, no house number)
Fergus Falls, MN 56537
- 3.694 acres
- Lot
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Ready when you are
Talk to Janet
Buying, selling, or just curious what the place across the lake sold for. Janet would rather answer a quick question now than have you guess. Call or text (320) 219-2488, email janet@homematch320.com, or stop by 302 Kenwood St, Suite 116 in Alexandria.
Get in touch
Send Janet a message
Tell Janet what you are trying to do and she will reply personally. Buyers, sellers and the merely curious all welcome.