OUR STORY

ABOUT

With a combined 40+ years of real estate experience, Don and Donovan bring a wealth of real estate intelligence as well as success. After spending 17+ years guiding one of RE/MAX’s worldwide Top 10 Teams “The Elite Partners” Don and Donovan founded Navigate Real Estate with the goal of transforming the industry for the better. 

The two partners have worked diligently to bring new innovative technology to the industry. Technology that is transforming how we do business. Streamlining and simplifying the transaction and marketing process for agents and the consumer. Learn more about navi and our technology platform here

 The Navigate Real Estate Partners epitomize integrity, energy, hard work, and service throughout each and every transaction they have. The Partners have been responsible for over $4.5 Billion in sales over the last 20 years and have been consistently ranked in the Top 5 in all of California. Whether you’re ready to move into your first home or move on to the next one, The Navigate RE Partners are with you at every important moment along the way.

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Founding Partners Don McDonald and Donovan Schemke

Navigate Real Estate Stands for Stronger Communities Through Homeownership

We’re leading the way in modern real estate. We build lifetime relationships through integrity, transparency, exceptional client service and innovative technology. At Navigate, we combine real-world experience with local market expertise. From the ground up, we are built on precision and purpose, empowering clients with the strongest home buying and selling strategies available.

Core Values

Everyone at Navigate adheres to our Core Values. These are living, breathing values that guide how we treat each other, how we demonstrate integrity in our business dealings, and how we communicate honestly and transparently in all that we do. These core values are how we embrace responsibility both within and beyond our company.

Clients First

We put our clients’ interest above our own.

Transparency

We strive to provide clients with as much information as possible about the market and transaction process.

Helpfulness

Our default setting is to offer help. We are “Go Givers”.

Integrity

We do what we say we will do.

Respect

As professionals, we treat our colleagues and clients with respect and courtesy.

WHAT MAKES NAVIGATE

PHILOSOPHY

Better companies make better communities.
We believe our business has a responsibility to serve, connect, grow and protect the communities we operate in.

OUR VALUES

Independence is worth preserving. Our independence matters more than our size. It allows us to prioritize our community involvement and better serve our agents and clients.

Social impact at the center.
Everything we do has a cause and effect. We maintain a responsibility to contribute to every community in which we operate.

Communities over shareholders.
If our business has to grow at the expense of the communities around us, it isn’t worth it. It is important to us to continually invest in building community.

Growth for the sake of bigger impact.
We grow our business to become a stronger, independent network of individuals who benefit as a result of more resources.

Expertise

Our selective hiring process means that only the best and most productive agents work partner with Navigate. Our Partners love knowing that their colleagues are the best in the business. We focus on the tools and support that busy and successful Partners need.

SELECTIVE HIRING

We’ve set the bar higher than most real estate companies by selectively hiring reputable agents.

FULL TIME AGENTS

Navigate Partners are committed to their full-time careers as real estate professionals.

EXPERIENCE

On average, our agents have been licensed for more than 10 years.

OUR AGENTS SELL MORE

Navigate Partners sell 80% more homes than the industry average agent.

OUR LISTINGS SELL FASTER

Navigate Partners sell their listings 37% faster, saving sellers time and money.

*The above statistics are from BAREIS MLS data for the Solano County only.

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OUR TECHNOLOGY

Innovation is at our core, and technology is the basis of innovation. Our suite of technology provides a simplified approach to real estate that streamlines the process for agents and customers.