Cheryl VanOrt Real Estate Agent Focus Realty, LLC

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Cheryl VanOrt Real Estate Agent Focus Realty, LLC

Representing your interests in Home Buying, Home Selling, Vacation Property, Rental Property and Investing. Experienced, Ethical and Prompt.

11/14/2025

November! A time to celebrate and be grateful!! I appreciate all of my clients!

11/07/2025

Your seller is sitting in their overpriced house, scrolling through Zillow, wondering why nobody's making offers.

Meanwhile, you're having the same conversation for the third week in a row.

"But the market will come back up."
"We're not desperate."
"Someone will see the value."

No. They won't.

Here's what actually happened in those 30 days:

Week 1: 12 showings. Buyers loved the location. Hated the price.

Your seller said "let's wait and see."

Week 2: 6 showings. Buyers are now looking at houses that LISTENED to feedback and dropped their price.

Your listing is becoming "that overpriced one."

Week 3: 2 showings. You're now the house everyone uses to negotiate OTHER houses down.

"Well, 123 Main St has been sitting for 3 weeks at $500k, so we're offering $465k on this one."

Week 4: Zero showings. Your listing is dead. Buyers skip right past it. It's been on the market too long. They assume something's wrong with it.

The market voted. The verdict?

Overpriced.

Every day your seller waits costs them money. Not just carrying costs.

NEGOTIATING POWER.

Houses that sit lose $1,000-$2,000 per week in perceived value.

After 30 days?

You've lost $8k minimum in negotiating position.

And you still haven't gotten an offer.

Your seller thinks they're "holding firm."

The market thinks they're delusional.

Here's what you tell them:

"In 30 days, 47 buyers walked through this house or saw it online. Zero offers. That's not bad luck. That's the market telling us exactly what this house is worth. And it's not your number.

You can either adjust the price now and get offers. Or you can wait another 30 days, lose another $8k in negotiating power, and STILL have to drop the price. Except now you're the stale listing nobody wants."

The market already voted.
Your seller just doesn't like the results.

Save this for the next listing that's been sitting with zero offers and the seller wants to "give it more time."

Time isn't going to fix an overpriced house.

10/10/2025

Quick sale! List to close 16 Days!!

10/08/2025

Showings start Friday, 10/10 - $214,900.00
5 Bed/2 Bath and Over 2300 SF gives you lots of space!
So many improvements!

10/08/2025

Congratulations Andrew!

09/25/2025

Don't miss this opportunity! An end unit patio home!
Full listing details in the comments.

09/23/2025

Full listing information in the comments.
Finish the lower level to build equity, fully fenced backyard and just A short walk to Munsinger Gardens. Message me for a private showing.

08/23/2025

They had unlimited data. Billions in funding. The best engineers money could buy.

And they still lost nearly a billion dollars of cash and $40 billion of market cap trying to flip houses using their own Zestimate.

Think about that: The company that tells YOU what your house is worth couldn't figure out what houses were worth when their own money was on the line.

Here's what actually happened: They'd make instant cash offers based on their algorithm.

Bought thousands of homes. Then reality hit.

The algorithm didn't account for foundation issues. Couldn't smell the mold. Didn't notice the neighbor's garage band. Couldn't feel that the neighborhood was shifting.

Meanwhile, local agents were watching them overpay by $30-50k per house and laughing.

The best part?

While Zillow was hemorrhaging money, they were still telling consumers to trust the Zestimate.

Still showing those "Your home is now worth..." notifications.

Still letting people make the biggest financial decision of their lives based on an algorithm that literally bankrupted their own house-flipping division.

Their own CEO quietly selling his Seattle mansion for 40% under its Zestimate wasn't just embarrassing.

It was him admitting what every agent already knows: Real estate is local, emotional, and human.

But millions still check their Zestimate daily like it's their horoscope.

You know who never lost $881 million buying houses?

Your local agent who's sold 200 homes in your zip code.

They know the builder who cut corners in 2003.

They know which streets flood.

They know the school rezoning coming next year.

But sure, trust the algorithm that couldn't even save itself.

07/08/2025

This charming 3 bed, 2 bath home sitting on a 2 acre lot located on the north side of town is ready for you! Granite countertops, tile floors, oversized insulated 3 car garage, detached storage building, large concrete drive and so much more to enjoy at this property! Professional photos coming soon

06/18/2025

Full Listing information in the comments!

06/18/2025

Beautiful updated home on Big Swan!!
3 bed/3 bath/2 Kitchens! $454,900

Address

61100 270th Street
Litchfield, MN
55355

Telephone

(320) 221-4405

Website

http://keepingthefocus.com/

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