AUBURN — Brenda Fontaine, of Fontaine Family — The Real Estate Leader, was recently accepted as a member of the Top 5 in Real Estate Network®, the most prestigious of all industry achievements. To qualify for acceptance, each member must first meet a stringent set of criteria, based upon performance, as well as educational and professional skills and service to the consumer.

Members of the Network are carefully selected and managed by RISMedia, which has provided the real estate industry with objective, unbiased news for nearly 30 years. As a member of the Top 5 Network, Fontaine is among the first real estate agents to be accepted into this elite organization. Top 5 in Real Estate was established to both empower consumers with leading real estate content through Top 5 members, as well as to ensure that consumers are aware that there is a material difference between average and exceptional real estate professionals.

Fontaine has successfully closed more than 4,000 transactions since 1983, and her Web site, Brendafontaine.com, is a top-ranked real estate Web site in the U.S. according to real estate abc.com. Fontaine has also been recognized as America's Top Real Estate Professionals 2009 on Wall Street Journal.com. Fontaine is available at 784-3800 or by e-mail: Brenda@FontaineTeam.com.