If there was mortgage interest paid for 2020 (an amount in box 1), there had to be a balance on the loan in 2020. You should contact your lender to find the balance on your loan as of 1/1/2020 or if funded/opened in 2020 what was the original amount of the loan?
That amount needs to be in box 2.
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