A San Francisco native, Katrine ‘Trinkie’ Watson spent her first seven years in Woodside, California. She lived in San Francisco until her move to Lake Tahoe in 1966. In 1996, she opened a small Chase office in Tahoe City and added another small office in Homewood; When Starbucks took up a space in the new Customs House, Watson moved the office there in January 2008. An additional office in the Truckee Hotel was established in 2005. In the real estate business for 44 years, she is a resource for fine residential properties in and around the Lake Tahoe Basin. Through the National Association of Realtors®, she has earned the designations of Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS), Certified Residential Brokerage Manager (CRB), Certified Residential Specialist (CRS), Graduate, Realtors® Institute (GRI), Leadership Training Graduate (LTG) and Performance Management Network (PMN) as well as Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist (CLHMS).