(The ditch will likely be 8' wide - I'm guessing they need 75' for bulldozer races) When asked if we would be compensated for our loss of trees, here was the response: "We're not going to take your trees - we'll leave them laying right there for you to do with what you want when the project is over."

Congratulations on law school, seems like you are in a good position and thinking about the future positively.While reading your post I couldn't help but think that, although your law-school loans could be forgiven by working for the state for an extended period of time, perhaps the incremental compensation that would be foregone as a result of not following the traditional private sector legal path may in fact be a net detriment to your financial picture.My point is that weighing the following two alternatives against one another may help to approach your question from another angle entirely: 1) the student loan repayment savings and commensurate lower compensation for your services to the state during the time period required and 2) paying your entire student loan debt out of pocket but potentially making a substantially-higher income working in the private sector that could far exceed the benefit of having your student loans paid off by the state ($110,000 over 10 years?)

Now, it may not be widely marketed, which means it is only marketed to a select number of proven investors, but that is about as close as you will get to an "off market" deal.  

So, I rely on getting multiple bids to ensure that nobody is underbidding by a wide margin.  

Making An Offer With Eyes Wide OpenMany new investors willing to jump into the fray of actively purchasing property, view the process of submitting an offer as comparing today’s property values in the neighborhood and particularly on a specific address to help them determine what they are willing to pay for the property and offer the seller.

But in regards to marketing, it is better to go deep and not wide, so select a target market and hit it.

I know that the rate and terms for commercial lease with a government agency will vary widely depending on location, geography, age of building, etc. but I am hoping to get some guidance here. 

There are different people on here looking for a wide range of things from, learning, marketing properties, looking for partners, HML, PML, investing in various markets and degrees.

Joe covered it from your buyer's angle.

There are many sources for motivated sellers, and the harder it is to get the list, the better the leads :) My recommendation is to pick a type of lead source and marketing and stick to it (follow the ideology of going deep, not wide).