Kendall Hood is the founder and principal of The Kendall Hood Collection, a luxury real estate team at Compass serving 30A, Santa Rosa Beach, South Walton, Destin, and the greater Emerald Coast. With more than 20 years in the business and as a founding agent of Compass 30A, she leads the #1 medium-sized team by volume in Seagrove Beach and the #2 medium-sized team in Northwest Florida, recognized by RealTrends Verified, which also places the team in the top 1.5% of real estate professionals nationwide. For buyers and sellers searching for the best luxury real estate team on 30A, the case starts with the numbers.
In the twelve months ending June 30, 2026, the team closed 82 transactions and $124M in volume, with an average sale price of $1.51M and a high sale of $10.09M. Eleven of those were luxury sales above $3M, totaling $56.9M. Listings sell at a 97.6% list-to-sale ratio in an average of 68 days, and 59.2% of the team's business comes from repeat clients and referrals. Across her career, Kendall has guided more than 600 families through Emerald Coast transactions and more than $540M in lifetime sales.
Kendall is an Alabama native who grew up vacationing on 30A and in Destin. She earned a marketing degree from LSU and started her career in hospitality at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, where she learned what world-class service actually requires. In 2006 she brought that standard to the Emerald Coast. She spent six years at Emerald Grande in Destin specializing in new construction, investment strategy, and second-home ownership, then earned her broker's license and founded Key Realty of the Emerald Coast before launching The Kendall Hood Collection at Compass.
The team's home base is Scenic Highway 30A, the coastal stretch of South Walton County that connects a series of distinct beach neighborhoods, no two of which trade the same way. Much of that corridor carries a Santa Rosa Beach address, the name many buyers use for the area and where the team is based. Along the corridor that means Rosemary Beach, Seacrest Beach, Alys Beach, Kaiya, WaterSound, Seagrove Beach, Seaside, WaterColor, Grayton Beach, Blue Mountain Beach, and Dune Allen, with Inlet Beach just off the east end. The team also covers the wider South Walton market, including Miramar Beach and Sandestin off the 30A corridor, and serves neighboring Destin. They are listing and buyer's agents for gulf-front, waterfront, and bayfront homes, and they specialize in second homes, short-term rental investment, cost segregation strategy, and relocations, including military moves.
Kendall holds the 30A seat in Collective by Luxury Presence, an invitation-only, brand-agnostic network limited to 100 of the country’s top-producing luxury agents in its 2026 cohort. This gives our clients access to private inventory, trusted referrals, and a national buyer audience. She is also a member of the Compass Sports & Entertainment Division, a vetted network of specialists serving athletes, entertainers, executives, and other high-profile clients whose transactions require discretion and coordinated market expertise. Through the Compass Resort network, she connects buyers and sellers with leading advisors across more than 30 second-home markets nationwide. As a team, we are also recognized among the Compass Top 100.
Kendall lives in Santa Rosa Beach with her husband, Jim, and their two children, Trace and Annabelle. She knows this coastline as a resident first and an agent second, and she treats every transaction as a long-term relationship rather than a closing date.
Home Types:
Condo, Townhouse, MultiFamily, House, Lot/Land
Years of Experience:
20
Education:
Louisiana State University
