Local Realtor, Couple Featured on HGTV's 'House Hunters' Tonight

Michigan's housing market will be in the spotlight tonight as real estate agents from a local firm try to find a pair of teachers their dream home on HGTV's House Hunters.

The show, which airs daily at 10 p.m. on the cable network, gives viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the buying process and focuses on the emotional experience of finding and purchasing a home.

Tonight's episode features Meredith Myers Kulka of Birmingham-based Cranbrook Associates as she tries to find the "perfect" home for teachers Rick and Colleen, according to the show's website. The couple rents in Royal Oak, and wanted to be in the ideal home for the rest of their lives before they married late last year. Their search took roughly eight months before they found a home in Metro Detroit that was close enough for their daily commutes to Livonia and Rochester, respectively.

"Their situation was a little different than the typical first-time home buyer that's looking for a place to live for five to seven years," Myers Kulka said. "They're both tenured teachers and know where they're going to be and what they're salaries are going to be relatively. So they we're looking for their dream home."

Kulka seems up to the task. The Birmingham resident grew up in Bloomfield Hills and graduated from Lahser High School and Michigan State University. She is also a licensed CPA and has sold real estate professionally since 1999, according to the company's website.

She didn't want to give away too many details, but said the couple did find most of what they were looking for and had a great time filming.

"They did five full days of filming, so it will be interesting to see what they crammed into a 30-minute show," Myers Kulka said. "It was a lot of fun."

Can't tear yourself away from something else at 10 p.m. or set the DVR? No problem, HGTV will rebroadcast the entire show at 1 a.m. Thursday.