THANK YOU. Yes that was it. I saw usually box 7 is checked for this (it is not checked in my 1098) so left it at not secured. The address in box 8 is my own and I thought if it was secured it would be a different address.
Now, curiously, it updated Schedule A. My return amount went up as expected. So I went to turn off 'force itemized' and turbotax now still has an amount higher than before, but its still saying i am taking the standard deduction...? Schedule A disappears from my forms list. Some simple math seems the SALT amount + my mortgage is greated than the standard deduction. Is there a way to 'compare' the itemized turbotax is auto-comparing which is better to see the math difference?
