if you were an overseas investors which strategy would you pursue?

[Chris Teed]

First time posting, been lurking and learning for a while now. Wonderful site, with many great insights from some clearly very knowledgable folk. Hope my question is worthy of your attention.

Seems the best alternatives for an overseas cash buyer for REI in US can be listed as:

1. do seller financed
2. rent and hold
3. do some form of partnership with a local player
4. do private lending
5. do wholesaling (don't actually understand what that it all about)
6. did I miss other options?

So if you were a Canadian living and working in China for decade+, who had invested with his college buddies in a few fix and flips in Canada long ago, and who with his local wife has owned/rented a few properties in Beijing, how would you proceed in doing REI in US?