Also research LLCs and their formalities.

Once they have formally accepted your bid, they will be quick to contact you.

I'm sure most people can understand what I'm saying, even if my phrasing is formal.

I went to school back in 2009 and became a certified computer repair technician in hopes of using it as a stepping stone to go back to school and formally get the education I didn't get because I didn't see the value of school then.  

The more a tenant resists courtesy notices, the more formal I get in my communication with them - to the point where I'm citing conditions of their contract with each request (e.g., "Pursuant to section 10.3(a) of your rental contract, you are hereby given the required 24 hours notice that remediation of a window leak will commence on the premises by Acme Construction, LLC.  

I also felt it adds a bit of formality that landlord is a business other than an individual.The downsides of LLC:  1. in CT, it is 250$ per year for business tax; 2. 

Shortly before embargo was lifted, but prior to it being formally announced.

Other people on this post made great points of true potential pitfalls that could be damaging, so if you will rent to her have her sign a formal enforceable lease like @Elizabeth Colegrove suggested and let her know that this is what all [responsible] landlords will do. 

Yesterday I went and looked at a 1bd/1ba duplex, formally a triplex.

Thinking out of the box, since they are not that formal, this might not be the right developer for me.