Alva comes to Saunders & Associates after twenty years as president of South Fork Realty, Sagaponack. Her years of experience have given her a considerable base of customers, repeat customers, and referrals, as well as a deep and nuanced knowledge of the local market.

Alva is delighted with the latest phase of her career, and she believes that Saunders and its environment of "shared mutual interest" offer a bracing corrective to the increasingly "corporate" culture of other leading realtors on the East End. "Andrew Saunders had the greatest vision and really did it right," she explains. "I gladly gave up my independence because I feel like I've really gained true independence here!"