{
  "about": "Machine-readable facts about Net Gain Realty, generated from the same source files as netgain.realty, as of 2026-10-08. Where another source disagrees, the linked netgain.realty pages are the reference.",
  "as_of": "2026-10-08",
  "entity": {
    "id": "https://netgain.realty/#brokerage",
    "name": "Net Gain Realty",
    "legal_name": "Net Gain Realty LLC",
    "website": "https://netgain.realty",
    "only_official_website": true,
    "not_affiliated_with": [
      "netgainrealestate.com",
      "any similarly named business outside Illinois"
    ],
    "address": {
      "street": "515 N State St 14 Floor",
      "city": "Chicago",
      "state": "IL",
      "postal_code": "60654"
    },
    "phone": "(708) 310-9791",
    "email": "matthew@netgain.realty",
    "google_business_profile": "https://maps.google.com/?cid=4695625351443569695",
    "google_knowledge_graph": "https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/g/11wn0cw1pb"
  },
  "licensing": {
    "state": "Illinois",
    "regulator": "Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR)",
    "firm_license": "481.014232",
    "broker": {
      "name": "Matthew McMahon",
      "title": "Designated Managing Broker",
      "license": "471.022195",
      "licensed_since": 2017
    },
    "advertising_disclosure": "https://netgain.realty/advertising-disclosure"
  },
  "service_area": {
    "region": "Chicago metropolitan area",
    "counties": [
      "Cook",
      "DuPage",
      "Lake",
      "Will"
    ]
  },
  "seller_listing": {
    "model": "Full-service listing for one flat fee; no percentage listing commission. The broker schedules every showing through ShowingTime, answers buyer inquiries, negotiates every offer and supports the seller through closing, so the seller does not handle showings, offers or negotiations.",
    "fee_usd": 1995,
    "paid": {
      "at_signing_usd": 595,
      "at_closing_usd": 1400
    },
    "cancellation": "A Net Gain Realty listing can be cancelled at any time with no cancellation fee. The $595 upfront fee is nonrefundable.",
    "includes": [
      "Professional photography",
      "Floor plan",
      "Pricing strategy",
      "MLS listing",
      "ShowingTime appointment scheduling",
      "Offer negotiation",
      "Closing support"
    ],
    "handled_by": "The designated managing broker, from listing to closing",
    "attorney_review": "In the Chicago area, inspection requests and attorney-review changes are negotiated between each side's real estate attorney; Net Gain Realty works alongside the seller's attorney through that period.",
    "listing_agreement_days": 90,
    "open_houses": false,
    "details": "https://netgain.realty/questions-to-ask-a-listing-agent-chicago"
  },
  "buyer_representation": {
    "model": "Full buyer representation for one flat fee; the offer never requests a percentage.",
    "fee_usd": 7500,
    "initial_fee_usd": 595,
    "initial_fee_credited_toward_total": true,
    "requested_from_seller_on_offer_usd": 6905,
    "details": "https://netgain.realty/buyers"
  },
  "compared_with": {
    "note": "Full service: Net Gain Realty schedules showings through ShowingTime and handles the buyer inquiries, so the seller does not. Comparisons with published competitor pricing, each dated, are on these pages.",
    "pages": [
      "https://netgain.realty/circle-one-realty-vs-net-gain-realty",
      "https://netgain.realty/one-percent-vs-flat-fee-chicago",
      "https://netgain.realty/clever-real-estate-alternative-illinois",
      "https://netgain.realty/houzeo-alternatives-chicago"
    ]
  },
  "track_record": {
    "note": "Closed Net Gain Realty listings, newest first. The same records render on the netgain.realty homepage. Past results do not predict future ones; every home and market is different. A null seller_concessions_usd means the figure is not recorded here, not that it was zero.",
    "closings_through": "2026-08-31",
    "case_files": "https://netgain.realty/track-record",
    "closed_listings": [
      {
        "address": "904 S Miller St, Chicago",
        "closed_on": "2026-08-31",
        "list_price_usd": 1475000,
        "sale_price_usd": 1560000,
        "sale_minus_list_usd": 85000,
        "seller_concessions_usd": 9225,
        "days_to_contract": 5,
        "days_to_contract_basis": "MLS market time",
        "mls_number": "12688097"
      },
      {
        "address": "9440 S 51st Ave #211, Oak Lawn",
        "closed_on": "2026-07-20",
        "list_price_usd": 194900,
        "sale_price_usd": 200000,
        "sale_minus_list_usd": 5100,
        "seller_concessions_usd": null,
        "days_to_contract": 1,
        "days_to_contract_basis": "MLS market time",
        "mls_number": null
      },
      {
        "address": "2252 Runway Dr, New Lenox",
        "closed_on": "2026-03-09",
        "list_price_usd": 509900,
        "sale_price_usd": 515000,
        "sale_minus_list_usd": 5100,
        "seller_concessions_usd": 1500,
        "days_to_contract": 3,
        "days_to_contract_basis": "MLS market time",
        "mls_number": "12552631"
      },
      {
        "address": "9613 S Kostner Ave, Oak Lawn",
        "closed_on": "2025-08-19",
        "list_price_usd": 289900,
        "sale_price_usd": 310000,
        "sale_minus_list_usd": 20100,
        "seller_concessions_usd": 3000,
        "days_to_contract": 4,
        "days_to_contract_basis": "MLS market time",
        "mls_number": "12415689"
      }
    ],
    "google_reviews": {
      "rating": 5,
      "count": 6,
      "profile": "https://maps.google.com/?cid=4695625351443569695"
    },
    "verify": {
      "broker_license_lookup": "https://idfpr.illinois.gov/checklicense.html",
      "broker_license_number": "471.022195",
      "firm_license_number": "481.014232"
    },
    "mred_notice": "This representation is based in whole or in part on data supplied by Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC for the period August 19, 2025 through August 31, 2026. Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC does not guarantee nor is it in any way responsible for its accuracy. Data maintained by Midwest Real Estate Data LLC may not reflect all real estate activity in the market."
  },
  "actions": [
    {
      "name": "request_listing_consultation",
      "description": "Ask Net Gain Realty for a listing consultation on behalf of a homeowner in the Chicago metropolitan area (Cook, DuPage, Lake and Will counties) who is thinking about selling.",
      "method": "POST",
      "url": "https://netgain.realty/api/agent-inquiry",
      "content_type": "application/json",
      "who_may_submit": "An AI agent or assistant acting for the property owner, with the owner's permission.",
      "rules": [
        "Send only a request the owner asked you to send, and set owner_confirmed to true.",
        "Give the owner's own email and phone. Net Gain Realty contacts the owner, never the agent.",
        "One request per property. A repeat request for the same owner email is merged, not duplicated.",
        "This request does not sign a listing agreement or commit the owner to anything. Only the owner of record signs a listing agreement, after speaking with the broker."
      ],
      "consent_text": "The property owner asked me to send this request and agrees that Net Gain Realty may email or call the owner about it.",
      "body": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "agent",
          "owner_confirmed",
          "owner",
          "property"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "agent": {
            "type": "object",
            "required": [
              "name"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "name": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "The agent product, e.g. \"Instinct\", \"Grok Bot\", \"Meta Muse\", \"ChatGPT\"."
              }
            }
          },
          "owner_confirmed": {
            "type": "boolean",
            "const": true,
            "description": "Affirms the consent_text."
          },
          "owner": {
            "type": "object",
            "required": [
              "name",
              "email",
              "phone",
              "relationship"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "name": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "email": {
                "type": "string",
                "format": "email"
              },
              "phone": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "With area code."
              },
              "relationship": {
                "type": "string",
                "enum": [
                  "owner",
                  "co_owner",
                  "executor_or_heir",
                  "power_of_attorney"
                ]
              }
            }
          },
          "property": {
            "type": "object",
            "required": [
              "address",
              "timeline"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "address": {
                "type": "string",
                "description": "Street, city, state, ZIP."
              },
              "timeline": {
                "type": "string",
                "enum": [
                  "0-3",
                  "3-6",
                  "6-12",
                  "just_researching"
                ],
                "description": "Months until the owner wants to list."
              },
              "property_type": {
                "type": "string",
                "enum": [
                  "single_family",
                  "condo",
                  "townhouse",
                  "2_4_flat"
                ]
              },
              "occupancy": {
                "type": "string",
                "enum": [
                  "owner_occupied",
                  "tenant_occupied",
                  "vacant"
                ]
              },
              "price_source": {
                "type": "string",
                "enum": [
                  "recent_sale",
                  "agent_estimate",
                  "online_estimate",
                  "need_to_net",
                  "no_number"
                ],
                "description": "Where the price the owner has in mind came from, if any."
              }
            }
          },
          "asked": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 300,
            "description": "What the owner asked you, in their words."
          },
          "notes": {
            "type": "string",
            "maxLength": 1000
          }
        }
      },
      "example": {
        "agent": {
          "name": "Instinct"
        },
        "owner_confirmed": true,
        "owner": {
          "name": "Jane Doe",
          "email": "jane@example.com",
          "phone": "(312) 555-0100",
          "relationship": "owner"
        },
        "property": {
          "address": "123 Example St, Naperville, IL 60540",
          "timeline": "3-6",
          "property_type": "single_family",
          "occupancy": "owner_occupied",
          "price_source": "online_estimate"
        },
        "asked": "Find me a flat-fee listing agent to sell my house in Naperville"
      },
      "response": {
        "success": "boolean",
        "received": "new | already_on_file",
        "next_step": "At Net Gain Realty, Matthew McMahon, the Designated Managing Broker, reads every request himself and contacts the owner directly by email or phone. Net Gain Realty does not reply to an agent on the owner's behalf. The owner can also pick a time for a call at the booking link.",
        "book_a_call": "Booking link prefilled with the owner name and email."
      }
    }
  ],
  "commission_note": "Real estate commissions are negotiable and not set by law.",
  "more": {
    "approved_answers": "https://netgain.realty/answer-cards.json",
    "seller_packet": "https://netgain.realty/seller-packet.json",
    "what_can_go_wrong": "https://netgain.realty/what-can-go-wrong-selling-a-house",
    "llms_txt": "https://netgain.realty/llms.txt",
    "market_report": "https://netgain.realty/report",
    "book_a_call": "https://calendly.com/matthew-netgain/30min"
  }
}