Our Family

Meet the Team

The Vining Group at eXp Realty is more than a real estate team — it's a family. Every member brings something unique to the table, united by a shared commitment to exceptional service and deep community roots.

Kristin Vining

Co-Owner & Realtor

Kristin Vining

Kristin has never been very good at sitting still.

Give her a business to build, a home to design, a project to manage, a trip to plan, or an idea to bring to life, and she's all in. That's how she's always been.

Long before real estate, Kristin spent more than a decade behind a camera, building a nationally recognized photography business that took her around the world from 2004 to 2015. Along the way, she photographed incredible people, beautiful places, and meaningful moments — including weddings for clients like Stephen and Ayesha Curry.

But photography was never really the point. Creating was.

Today, that passion shows up in everything she does — marketing a luxury listing, designing a custom home, managing a construction project, walking a homesite, planning a development, helping a client see possibilities they didn't know existed.

Kristin genuinely loves the process. The vision. The details. The transformation. The moment when an idea becomes reality.

Originally from New Orleans, Kristin still loves all the things you'd expect — crawfish, Mardi Gras, gathering people around a table, and finding reasons to celebrate. She's happiest traveling somewhere warm, wandering through beautiful homes, and dreaming about the next project before the current one is finished.

Kristin and her husband Ken have called Fort Mill home since 2011, where they've raised their twins, Addyson and Brayton, built businesses together, served in their church, and created a life they are deeply grateful for.

Above all else, Kristin loves Jesus. Her faith is the foundation of everything she does.

And while she loves great design, ambitious projects, and big ideas, the most important place on earth will always be home with the people she loves. That's her favorite thing she's ever built.

@kristinvining
Ken Vining

Co-Owner & Realtor

Ken Vining

Most people know Ken as the guy who pitched in the big leagues.

What they may not know is that he grew up a die-hard Carolina Gamecock fan.

Then Clemson came calling.

What started as a scholarship opportunity became one of the most defining chapters of his life. As a Clemson Tiger, Ken pitched in two College World Series appearances before being drafted by the San Francisco Giants. A few years later, he became part of baseball's historic White Flag Trade and ultimately fulfilled a lifelong dream of pitching in the Major Leagues with the Chicago White Sox.

Baseball may have put Ken on a professional mound, but it also brought him to the Carolinas.

In 2001, he arrived in Charlotte as a member of the AAA Charlotte Knights. What began as a stop along the journey eventually became home. More than two decades later, the region that first welcomed him as a young ballplayer is the same place where he and Kristin chose to build a life, raise their twins Addyson and Brayton, and plant deep roots in the community they love.

If you've worked with Ken, you quickly realize that while baseball is part of his story, it isn't what defines him.

What defines him is his approach.

Thoughtful. Steady. Analytical.

While Kristin is often imagining what a property could become, Ken is focused on the facts in front of him. The numbers. The contracts. The strategy.

He has a gift for bringing clarity to complex situations and helping people make decisions with confidence.

That's not something he learned from real estate.

It's who he's always been.

The lessons that carried him from Clemson to the Major Leagues still guide him today: stay prepared, stay humble, and treat people well.

@Tigerpaw10
Addy Vining

Interior Designer

Addy Vining

Addy Vining grew up in a family of entrepreneurs, builders, and dreamers, so it's no surprise she's carving out a path of her own.

After graduating from high school, Addy chose a different route than many of her peers. Instead of heading off to college, she jumped straight into the real world — working alongside her family in real estate, design, construction, and business while pursuing her South Carolina real estate license.

With a natural eye for style and design, Addy is most at home touring homes, walking job sites, creating mood boards, sourcing finishes, and helping bring spaces to life. Whether she's visiting High Point Market, planning a renovation, or assisting with a custom home build, she's passionate about the details that make a house feel like home.

But design is only part of her story.

Addy has spent years learning the art of entrepreneurship through content creation, branding, marketing, and running her own business ventures. She loves connecting with people, telling stories, and finding creative ways to bring ideas to life — both online and in person.

Known by family and friends as the one who never misses an opportunity to get dressed up, Addy combines a love for fashion, beauty, and design with a genuine heart for people. Her strong faith, love for Jesus, and commitment to serving others guide everything she does.

Today, Addy is building a career that blends real estate, design, marketing, and entrepreneurship — creating a path that is uniquely her own while helping others dream bigger along the way.

@Addyvining
Bray Vining

AI & Digital Systems

Bray Vining

Bray Vining is an entrepreneur, founder, and builder with a passion for creating practical solutions that solve real-world problems.

Raised in Fort Mill, South Carolina, Bray grew up around real estate, construction, entrepreneurship, and business ownership. Alongside his twin sister, Addy, he was exposed from an early age to the world of business, design, and building. From job sites and investment properties to custom home builds and development projects, he developed an appreciation for the people, ideas, and work ethic required to build something from the ground up.

Golf played a major role in shaping who he is today. As captain of the Catawba Ridge High School golf team, Bray qualified individually for the South Carolina State Championship during his senior season. The game taught him discipline, consistency, resilience, and how to lead by example — lessons that continue to influence the way he approaches business and life.

After graduation, Bray attended the College of Charleston. But before long, he found himself spending more time coding, learning about artificial intelligence, and building businesses than he was focusing on class. The reality was simple: he was more excited about creating something of his own than sitting through lectures. As opportunities to build started gaining momentum, Bray made the decision to leave school and pursue entrepreneurship full-time.

Today, he is the founder of SubKit, an AI-powered software platform built for the construction industry. By combining artificial intelligence with real-world building knowledge, SubKit helps contractors streamline estimating, improve efficiency, and spend less time buried in paperwork.

Before focusing on technology full-time, Bray gained experience through contractor assistance, golf operations, camp leadership, Amazon FBA reselling, and real estate-related projects. Those experiences reinforced a belief he still carries today: the best way to learn is by doing.

Bray is fascinated by the intersection of technology, entrepreneurship, and construction — and the opportunities that exist when those worlds collide. He enjoys building systems, solving problems, learning new skills, and finding better ways to do things. His goal is to create meaningful businesses, develop solutions that make a real impact, and build a life defined by purpose, growth, and service.

Faith, family, and personal growth remain at the center of everything he does. He believes some of life's greatest opportunities come from taking initiative, staying curious, and having the courage to bet on yourself.

Outside of work, Bray enjoys golf, college football Saturdays, networking with other entrepreneurs, collecting and learning about luxury watches, sports cars, great cologne, and cheering on Clemson every chance he gets. Most importantly, his faith in Jesus continues to guide the way he approaches business, relationships, and life.

@Braytonvining
Sadie
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Chief Morale Officer

Sadie

Sadie is the heart and soul of the Vining Group office. As Chief Morale Officer, she greets every client with a wagging tail, keeps spirits high during long closing days, and reminds the team that the best homes are the ones filled with love — and good dogs.

She takes her role very seriously.

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