Not very but I often wonder in the spring if I should change that. I feel that in my larger area, people who come from the city of Chicago to show listings in the suburbs are not qualified to do so.

Just because your license says state of IL doesn't mean you should sell everywhere. Not doing your clients any service.

I go out about an hour which includes areas I have listed and sold homes in for 32 years. 

As much as I love a local listing I equally love traveling to a new listing that's 45 minutes or an hour away. I have no problem researching sales in a new area & listing there. I've stepped out of my local area & have listed & sold properties allover Connecticut. Some towns that I've worked in are over an hour away like Torrington, West Hartford, Windsor & Stamford. Others are a half hour away like Waterbury, Naugatuck, Wilton & Norwalk. 

Hour radius or so. Lot depends on how close they are to a freeway.

Usually within about 45 miles or so, but I don't necessarily determine it by 'mileage' since PA is very 'spread out' - but by areas of familiarity...if it's an area beyond what I know well, then I feel like I would doing a disservice to the client and I would prefer to refer to an agent that knows that area well and can better guide that client. 

In Florida about 12 miles. In Chicago, not that far!

I have a network of partners that I work with, we cover a few strategic parts of our state.

I do very little residential and won't travel a great distance to service a home. Commercial, completely different. I will go within reason all over our County (14k sq mi!). Our County Seat which is also an inland port is 45 minutes away so there's a lot going on. I also have very good broker friends there to help me out if a property of theirs needs to get viewed by one of my clients before I can actually get there. They will facilitate the showing and still co-op with me. I love my friends!

As long as I have MLS access, I can list a property anywhere. It's the buyers that I won't travel far & wide for - I'd hate to not be aware of a planned highway running right through the backyard in an area I'm unfamiliar with!

The entire area covered by our MLS

I will go as far as my MLS goes for a listing. Which is about 100 miles.

About a 40 minute radius,  preferably less & willing for more with the "right" scenario. 

Hi Paul,
When I was actively listing and selling, it varied.  I tried to stay within a 15 mile radius or so.  However, we have a few outlying areas that did not have "local" agents such as the Waterville plateau which is just under 30 miles.

I prefer not to go more than about 35 miles... but have done closer to 50, depending on the client and price point.

In our extreme sellers' market, we will go beyond our traditional boundary to list.... we give it the same service....it takes more time, energy and money to market and service it...but we want the business.... and we price it to sell, so in this market it's not bad...

I stay in my 15 miles radius, my team picks up where I leave off.

We got it all covered from our own areas of expertise.

It depends,  Paul. There are a lot of different factors involved.  It's not a one-size-fits- all answer for me.

Distance is not the consideration. How effective a job can be done is the consideration.

hour radius

Not further than 15 miles.

Depends.

20 miles

Well, in Los Angeles hood it is not about miles, but about traffic and time your drive. It can take 30 min to drive few miles. 

Depending on the price tag I'll travel the entire state

It depends. I have driven more than an hour one-way for a listing for a friend and former client. Our Team has had occasion to list properties more than 100 miles distant. We don’t seek that kind of business and would most likely refer it unless there were special circumstances. I recently turned down two opportunities to help a buyer client in distant communities with which I am not familiar.

Depends on the call.  If it's a random upcall, that's one thing.  If it's someone buying one of my listings (and I'm repping both sides) that's another distance.  If it's a past client/SOI/or referral from such, that's another distance.

Last year I repp'd a buyer that was buying a home 45-60 minutes (each way) from where I'm at.  No issues and I made that drive for every showing, inspection, etc. as did the buyers who sometimes were with family an additional 20 minutes away!

    Listing, case by case basis.  Typically not more than 15 miles.

With rare exception, I stay within my county. 

Our market is very large and travel times usually limit the distance.

About 50 miles, but that's more rare. Typically 35 miles and less

I only go as far as I really know the market. Otherwise I will refer the listing in order for the seller to get the best service.

Depends a little bit on the house and if there is a relationship with the owner Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®,CRS, but you also don't always have to Travel ;-)

I listed one for past clients 45 minutes from my house, in a different MLS.  Had to join, take classes, and tried and tried to refer it.  The clients refused to listen.   We are closing next week.

It is hard to turn down a listing in any area I'm allowed to list and sell homes.  I'm not sure there is an area in California I'd turn down if the home and location were desirable.  I wonder whether this would be wise though.

Our MLS covers a pretty wide radius. We've listed and sold houses as far as 90 minutes away.

45 minutes, but I'm in a very rural area so that's still pretty much in our market.  I have only done a couple of deals outside my own market and one of those was listing my brother's house.

We stay in our valley, but that can include an hour drive to some parts that we still consider our market area. In the short sale days when John specialized in short sale negotiation we listed a few hours away but we always co-listed with a local agent who was in charge of basically everything "on the ground" and John did the contracts and bank negotiations. That was special circumstances though and mostly because John was a known expert and those agents requested his assistance. -Kasey

I travel almost 65-70 miles for a listing and a buyer at times, Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®,CRS,.

I set my limit as staying in my county. One end of the county to another can take an hour with traffic.

Depending on the value I will go about an hours drive in some directions and 20min. in others.

Paul,

Given that we were in Los Angeles we limited ourselves to a 30 minute driving radius.  One of our agents lived in Manhattan Beach, so we took a lisintg near his home, and he was in charge of it.  So it depends on the market and for us it was a traffic issue.  A

I will travel up to an hour away, or 100 miles.