Last updated: 2026-01-15

For most real estate agents in the U.S., StreamYard is the easiest way to record sharp listing videos, client updates, and interviews without wrestling with tech. If you need deep control over encoders and complex scenes, a desktop tool like OBS can complement StreamYard instead of replacing it.

Summary

• StreamYard’s browser-based studio makes it simple to record polished listing tours, client updates, and interviews with local, per-participant tracks.
• On paid plans, you can record long HD sessions, capture 4K local masters, and download 48 kHz WAV audio per guest for clean editing. (StreamYard pricing)
• OBS is a powerful free desktop option, but it requires manual setup and local file management that many agents don’t want to juggle. (OBS Studio)
• A practical workflow is to use StreamYard for recording, branding, and collaboration, then finish detailed edits in your favorite editor.

What do real estate agents actually need from recording software?

If you sell homes, you are not trying to become a full-time video engineer. You want three things:

1. High-quality audio and video. Buyers expect clear voice, no glitches, and a stable image when they watch a walkthrough or listing video.
2. Ease of use. You don’t have time to troubleshoot encoders before every open house preview.
3. Custom branding. Your logo, colors, and on-screen text should reinforce your brand on every clip.

StreamYard starts from that reality. Our studio runs in the browser, so you just share a link with a client, stager, or inspector and they join with no installs. You can record in a dedicated recording mode without going live, so you get a clean capture you can reuse across MLS-compliant listing videos, social posts, and email drips. (StreamYard pricing)

How does StreamYard keep your listing videos looking and sounding professional?

For video-first marketing, the raw capture matters. On paid plans, StreamYard can record HD sessions up to 10 hours per stream, giving you plenty of headroom for long tours, neighborhood deep dives, or Q&A sessions. (StreamYard paid-plan features)

Under the hood, two pieces are especially important for agents:

• 4K local recordings. StreamYard can create 4K local recordings, giving you a high-fidelity master that still looks crisp after cropping, zooming, or adding graphics in post. (StreamYard pricing)
• 48 kHz WAV audio per participant. Local recordings produce uncompressed 48 kHz WAV files per guest, so your voice and your client’s questions stay clean and easy to mix even if the internet hiccups during the call. (Local Recording)

Because we capture each participant’s feed locally, the final files are device-quality and less affected by bad Wi‑Fi than cloud-only recordings. That’s especially helpful when you’re walking a buyer through a property over video and want the replay to sound better than the live call.

How easy is it to record with clients, partners, and team members?

Imagine this scenario: you’re interviewing a local lender about interest rate trends for your email list. Here’s how that looks in StreamYard:

1. You open the studio in your browser and choose recording-only mode.
2. You send the lender a guest link; they join from Chrome or Edge—no downloads.
3. You add your logo, branded colors, and lower-thirds with their name and title.
4. You hit record. StreamYard captures both of you, and local recording creates separate files for each participant.

When you’re done, you can download:

• A mixed video file for quick upload.
• Individual audio/video files per participant as separate tracks for deeper editing. (Local Recording)

This same approach works for:

• Joint listing videos with co‑listing agents.
• Seller interviews as social proof content.
• Team training sessions you want to repackage later.

Because everything happens in the browser, your guests don’t need technical coaching. And if you want to pre‑record a full market update or neighborhood tour and schedule it to “go live” later, pre‑recorded streaming on paid plans lets you upload videos up to several hours long and stream them at up to 1080p. (Pre‑recorded Streaming)

How does StreamYard compare to OBS for real estate recording?

OBS Studio is a powerful, free, open-source desktop app for recording and live streaming. It supports high-performance capture, complex scenes, and multi-track audio recording when you enable advanced output. (OBS advanced recording)

Where OBS can make sense for an agent:

• You’re comfortable tweaking bitrates, encoders, and scene layouts.
• You mostly record solo screen demos (e.g., market data, CMA walkthroughs) on a powerful desktop.
• You want everything stored locally and are happy to manage files and backups.

Where StreamYard tends to be the better default for agents:

• Guest-friendly workflow. StreamYard is built around sending links to clients and collaborators; OBS expects everyone to be local or routed in via additional tools.
• Cloud + local safety net. On paid plans we record in HD up to 10 hours per stream in the cloud, and you can layer on local per-participant recordings for higher quality masters. (StreamYard paid-plan features)
• Less setup, more recording. Instead of building scenes and assigning sources, you pick your camera and mic, add overlays, and start.

A pragmatic path for many teams is to rely on StreamYard as the main studio and keep OBS as a niche tool when you truly need desktop-only capture or very custom layouts.

How do plan limits and pricing affect a real estate workflow?

When you compare tools, the key isn’t just “free vs paid”—it’s whether the limits let you run your actual marketing calendar.

On StreamYard:

• We offer a free plan so you can test the workflow, plus a 7‑day free trial on paid plans and frequent special offers for new users. (StreamYard pricing)
• Local recording is available across plans, with 2 hours per month on the free plan and unlimited hours on paid plans, giving active agents room for regular content creation. (Local Recording)
• Pre‑recorded uploads on paid plans can run several hours long, which is more than enough for full property tours, webinars, or “day in the life” content. (Pre‑recorded Streaming)

OBS, by contrast, has no subscription cost but expects you to manage your own storage, backups, and updates. For some agents that’s fine; for many, a browser-based studio with baked-in limits, storage, and sharing options lines up better with how they actually work.

How should agents handle editing, clips, and repurposing?

Most agents don’t need a fully-fledged editing suite inside their recording tool. What they need is:

• A fast way to grab highlights for social.
• Clean files that editors—or simple editing apps—can work with.

That’s why our approach focuses on leverage, not bloat:

• AI Clips helps you quickly surface and generate highlight moments from your recordings using prompts, instead of scrubbing through entire timelines yourself.
• For deeper work—multi-track audio mastering, complex storytelling, frame-level color grading—we assume you or your editor will use dedicated tools that are built for that depth.

This keeps the studio simple enough for daily use while still feeding professional post-production workflows with high-fidelity 4K video and 48 kHz WAV audio tracks.

How do you brand your real estate videos without a design team?

Branding is what makes your content recognizable at a glance in a crowded feed.

In StreamYard you can:

• Add your logo and brand colors as overlays and backgrounds right in the studio.
• Use color presets and grading controls to dial in a consistent look across different lighting situations—whether you’re in your office or inside a dim hallway. (Color controls on StreamYard are listed among creator-focused video specs on the pricing page.) (StreamYard pricing)
• Save layout presets that you can reuse across listing videos, interviews, and educational content.

You record once, and your brand goes everywhere: MLS-compliant cuts for listings, vertical clips for Instagram, horizontal explainers for YouTube, and snippets for your email list.

What we recommend

• Use StreamYard as your primary recording studio for listing videos, virtual tours, client interviews, and educational content.
• Turn on local recording so you always have high-quality 4K video and 48 kHz WAV audio masters to edit later.
• Rely on AI Clips for quick social-ready highlights, and a dedicated editor when you need deep post-production.
• Add OBS only if you’re comfortable with advanced setup and have specific desktop-only scenarios that truly require it.