Did several small projects to the house over the next 5 years while my wife and I lived there and sold it in 2016 for 185,000.

Unfortunately, or current residence has not yet sold. 

@Shimi ElimelechTo analyze the comps in an area you can simply look on Zillow, realtor.com etc to see what the previous homes in the area sold for.

The real tell will be when that property you are talking about gets sold. 

Learn how to analyze deals, start using the great tools on BP and you will be in no time a good Real Estate investor.

You can estimate a specific job, like replacing carpet, or a project, like a bathroom or kitchen rehab.Here is the site.https://www.homewyse.com/services/index.htmlIf it's in the ballpark, then it seems like it could be a useful tool as you're getting started and looking to run numbers to make offers before you have a lot of deals and experience under your belt.

You can structure it to where the tenant is responsible for all the repairs but be careful, if there is a major repair right after they move in they may think that you sold them a lemon of a property with pre-existing conditions that were kept secret and that could create big problems for you.

I would recommend going to the Fileplace under the tools tab and type in pro forma or income calculator.

Or you can use Zillow to determine the value by comparing the property to other houses that have sold in the area in recent times that are about the same size and condition

In some states the owner has the right to redeem, repay the amount sold for at auction plus some fees, for a certain amount of time After a tax auction.