Are you on the waitlist at your top-choice school? If so, it is wise to send a letter of intent but, again, only if that school has indicated they are open to receiving further correspondence from ...

Arizona readers Sandy and Jim, both 80, sent me this email with an offer they almost accepted: “We own 100 acres of land ideal for a solar farm and just received a letter of intent (LOI ...

Alternatively, some funders will ask that you submit an initial letter of intent to apply for a program for which they have a formal proposal request process (a Request for Proposal, or RFP).