Make smarter
real estate decisions.
I’m Fontaine Schaber, a Bay Area REALTOR® helping tech and corporate professionals and growing families buy and sell in Oakland’s hill neighborhoods, including Glenview, Oakmore, Trestle Glen, and Crocker Highlands, and across the East Bay.
I help you figure out what matters, what doesn’t, and what to do next, so you can make the right move for your life and your future.
Real estate gives you a lot to think about.
I help you figure out what actually matters.
Should we buy this house? How much should we offer?
Is that inspection issue actually a problem?
Which improvements are worth making before we sell? Should we sell now or wait…
There is no shortage of information when buying or selling a home. The harder part is understanding what matters for your specific situation and making a decision when the answer isn’t obvious.
That’s where I come in.
Where I Work
I’m based in North Glenview and work throughout Oakland’s hill neighborhoods, including Glenview, Oakmore, Trestle Glen, and Crocker Highlands, and across the East Bay. If you’re looking elsewhere in the Bay Area, including San Francisco, The Fitzpatrick Team has you covered.
How I Work
Start with the decision, not the transaction
Before we talk about houses, pricing or strategy, I want to understand what you are actually trying to accomplish. Why are you considering a move? What needs to be different? What would make the decision worth it?
That becomes the filter for everything that follows.
Separate what matters from what doesn’t.
Real estate comes with a lot of information, opinions and emotion. I help you understand what deserves your attention, from an inspection finding or pricing decision to the tradeoffs that come with a particular home.
Not every issue carries the same weight, and not every decision deserves the same amount of energy.
Adjust as we learn.
The process gives us new information along the way. Buyer competition, market response, inspections, offers and even your own reactions can tell us something.
We use what we learn to make the next decision better without losing sight of what you were trying to accomplish in the first place.
Who I Work With
Many of my clients are tech professionals navigating equity compensation and relocation decisions, or families who've outgrown their current home and are figuring out what's actually worth prioritizing in the next one.
I get it, because I've been there too. Before real estate, I spent 18+ years in tech and corporate roles, and I'm also navigating the working-parent juggle myself. I understand the decisions you're weighing because I've weighed them too.
If either sounds familiar, see how RSUs factor into a down payment or browse common questions.
Local Insight. Proven Support.
In the Bay Area, strategy can change significantly by neighborhood, property type, and even the individual home. Right now, I spend most of my time in Glenview, Oakmore, Trestle Glen, and Crocker Highlands, and I work across the East Bay.
I bring a Bay Area perspective to those decisions as a Bay Area native and a second-generation Realtor. Both of my parents were Realtors before me, so this isn’t just a career, it’s a perspective I grew up around.
That perspective is backed by The Fitzpatrick Team at Compass, ranked in the top 1.5% of agents nationwide by RealTrends Verified. When you work with me, you’re working with our full team’s combined nearly 20 years of experience across real estate and law.
Together, we look beyond market headlines to what is actually happening around the home you’re buying or selling, so you can make decisions with the right context.
Thinking about a move or just thinking ahead?
Whether you’re thinking about buying, selling, or simply trying to understand what your options might look like, we can start there.
Tell me what you’re considering, and we’ll figure out what makes sense from here.
