This just in…..bored “taggers” hit duplex under remodel!  (More on my recent Portland Oregon investment property acquisition and duplex remodel…if you need to catch up: http://fabulousportland.com/2009/08/10/soi-took-my-own-adviceit-is-a-good-time-to-buy/ or http://fabulousportland.com/2009/08/16/let-the-work-begin/ or http://fabulousportland.com/2009/08/21/more-on-the-continuing-saga-of-the-duplex-remodel/ ).  Oh well, I was thinking that the siding looked a little tired anyway.  We had already erected scaffolding to clean the front of the property but now it will simply be painted to erase the graffiti!  For more on the city of Portland’s graffiti abatement program and to report graffiti property vandalism, go to:  http://www.portlandonline.com/oni/index.cfm?c=32420 or for ideas on removing graffiti, go to http://bit.ly/removegraffiti .  The really good news is that we’ve now met most of our neighbors (who came out to sympathize with our unexpected selection of exterior decor)!  So, something good comes out of everything!  Tile work starts today….