In 2013 Eli bought a 23 person traditional franchise office and converted it into a flat fee model franchise affiliate. By 2018 he built his office in Lexington, KY to 240 agents. In 2019 Eli left the franchise system and using the PC-BOS processes he developed to create the Lifstyl Real Estate model.

Awards Include:

• #1 affiliated office in their network of 80 other franchises and company owned offices from 2014-2019.
• 2017 REAL Trends 500 Ranking Up-and Comer
• 2018 Swanepoel Mega 1000
• 2019 Swanepoel Mega 1000
• 2021 RISMedia Powerbroker Ranking #1230

As a proud Kentucky Realtor® with Lifstyl Real Estate, the largest independent brokerage in Kentucky, I strive to bring a high level of knowledge and a wealth of experience to every transaction but I also bring the compassion and empathy that is needed for each client. My business is built on: Dedication, Communication, Determination, Privacy & Trust while demonstrating the ability to cater and adapt to all of my client’s Real Estate needs.

Born, raised and educated in Morehead, Kentucky and graduating from Rowan County Senior High and Morehead State University with a Bachelors degree in Paralegal Studies and Real Estate, I moved to Tucson Arizona after graduating college and worked with 2 amazing real estate agents and learned from the best.

I spent 10 years in Chicago as a labor and employment paralegal and moved back to Kentucky in 2003 to raise my children. In January 2006 I went back to work as a full-time Realtor and never looked back.

I am a full-time Realtor® and active in my community as a member of the Morehead Woman’s Club, STAR (Saving The Animals of Rowan) and gets involved wherever there is a project that fuels my passion. I love all houses and am a Rehab Addict having remodeled "every house I have ever lived in".

Karen Ray Bishop is the Managing Broker of Lifstyl National Real Estate and a top producing Realtor serving Lexington and the surrounding areas. She currently serves on the LBAR Government Affairs, Community Affairs, and RPAC boards, and serves as the president of the Liberty Elementary School PTA. She is a member of the Lexington Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and has been a Kentucky Colonel since 2008. She is a former board member of the Explorium of Lexington. She has two young sons and lives in Lexington. From 2012-2014, Ms. Bishop directed the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) Energy & Natural Resources Division, which included the state's mineral leasing program, programs related to energy management, technical and financial assistance for business and governmental entities, and energy-related economic and workforce development. From 2009-2012, Ms. Bishop directed MDA's federal grant programs funded by the U.S. Department of Energy through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. From 2009-2014, Ms. Bishop was an appointed member of the Architectural Review Board for the City of Ridgeland, Mississippi. Ms. Bishop served from 2007-2009 as the executive director of the Republican Party of Arkansas. From 2004-2007, she served as a Schedule C Appointee in the administration of President George W. Bush, first in the office of the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor and then as the confidential assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Ms. Bishop was raised in Jackson, Mississippi, and has a degree in Marketing from Mississippi College.