SD,
I live in a REO purchased from BofA in 1996. At that time, they did not want to offer any financing, they wanted it off their books, It had been empty for a year.

They didn’t want a pre-qual either. After a few months of negotiating, we came to terms and got outside financing.

CW is only demanding approval through their offices, not requiring CW financing. What’s the big deal ?

I did have to buy the property “as is” without warranty.
That didn’t turn out to be a problem for me.