eXp RealtyKristen HopkinsScottsdale, AZ
Design, amenities, and property performance in Scottsdale real estate
Design · Amenities · Property Performance

Design is a lever
on value.

Presentation isn't a finishing touch. It's a lever on how a property photographs, how buyers or guests perceive it, and ultimately, how it performs.

Design as strategy

The eye that sees what a property could become.

Kristen's background in interior design and staging changes how she sees real estate. She evaluates not only what a property is today, but what thoughtful improvements, presentation and positioning could make it worth tomorrow.

For sellers, that can mean knowing where preparation and presentation can strengthen perceived value. For buyers, it means seeing potential beyond the existing finishes. And for STR investors, it means creating the spaces and amenities that photograph beautifully, differentiate the property and give guests a reason to book.

Fitness and wellness room amenity

Fitness & Wellness

Designer chef kitchen with stone walls and mountain view

Chef Kitchens

Editorial interior — light-filled great room with wood-beam ceiling

Editorial Interiors

Outdoor living — stone patio with fire pit and built-in seating

Outdoor Living

Where design creates value

Different property. Different objective.

Selling a home

Preparation, styling and presentation designed to strengthen first impressions and help the property compete.

Buying a home

See beyond someone else's finishes to understand a property's potential — and where improvements may or may not be worth making.

Building an STR

Design, amenities and guest experience considered through the lens of differentiation, demand and property performance.

Private sport court and fire-pit lounge at a Scottsdale short-term rental at sunset
For short-term rentals

The amenity can be the reason they book.

In a crowded rental market, another beige bedroom isn't a strategy. The right pool experience, game room, wellness feature, outdoor space or gathering area can become the image that stops the scroll — and the reason one property wins the booking over another.

The amenity engine

The Tournament House

Kristen is the founder of The Tournament House, a premium amenity platform serving short-term rental operators, boutique hotels and hospitality investors. The same philosophy carries into her real-estate practice: design should do more than look good. For investment properties, every improvement and amenity should have a reason to be there.

Founder · The Tournament House
Member · Vacation Rental Designers Collective