I am hoping to use this platform to learn about real estate from the bottom up.

Some people think it's 3-4 (traditional banker), some 10 ( non-traditional home mortgage brokers), DTI requirements (traditional commercial bankers).  

It's not an auction, it's a traditional sale.I don't fully understand what the implications of this are.

I look forward to making connections here at BP and learning as much as I can via the BP platform.

What ways can he obtain this property without traditional financing?

As you might know, majority of the platforms of the kind are located in the US and UK.

Or those that are interesting like a deal diary or something similar that I just want to keep up with.I can see the utility of it, but dislike getting the auto follow on other platforms. 

Helocs and Home Equity loans are way cheaper in terms of origination costs compared to traditional mortgages.I take all rental revenue and apply it to the heloc until it is paid off and advance the heloc for all repairs, tax payments, insurance expense etc.  

Having a high net worth but no actual income hurts your ability to get a traditional mortgage.

With traditional lenders it will be very difficult with that small of a spread.