I've used Capital One and Discover along with a HELOC.Also, it kind of depends on where the stock market is at. 

But someone with no visible means of support might also be a millionaire who inherited the money, won the lottery, or cashed out stock options from a start-up, and now wants to take time off.

A lot of very intelligent investors will tell you to do so and I wholeheartedly would not blame you for taking their word over mine, however, the way I see it is let's say you buy a blue chip stock and it goes along its projected path...I don't see that as a good preparation to suddenly buying stock in riskier companies.

Stocks are not.

We used this, along with selling a lot of our stock, peer-to-peer, and other financial accounts to focus on real estate. 

Seems right on track with stock market margins. 

You need to understand they have models that can predict the risk down to zipcode/census tract. they need to reduce their loses with risky areas that have high property crime rates.

I wouldn't save one big stock pile of money then start making many purchases though.

The Stock Market.  

.- Old housing stock and lots of lead paint - this point is not to be underestimated. - Stupid high property taxesHigh risk can equal high reward.