How would a bank or lender find me to perform a BPO; Broker Price Opinion?

Well, here in Washington a brokers price will be the market value that the broker (or agent) feels it can actually sell for. This usually costs less than an appraisal too. It's my understanding that banks forclosing on a house may use a broker to assess the homes market value. An appraiser will do a thorough job of appraising a home using the comps etc.(broker uses comps too) and documenting it all. An appraiser can also take into account though that the home is a tear down. So you may be ok either way, but I think I'd tend to go with the brokers price as they may be able to be more subjective. I'm surprised though that the bank doesn't want to use their own broker or appraiser.