Thanks for the suggestion but if I do this, as soon as I enter the box 2 amount, my CA State tax refund drops....I assume there is a cap on the allowable mortgage amount for CA tax? (since I then have entered 838k for the first (combined) 1098s and 644k for the second (combined) 1098s..... but my first property was sold and I now have a mortgage of only 644k so that does not seem correct...
