@Critter-3 Thanks for the follow up. Indeed, this seems to be what Turbotax wants.
I am trying to avoid such extra labor, trying to avoid data entry mistakes [= which parts of the partnership's K-1 should I enter on K-1 form A, which parts should I enter on K-1 form B? The step-by-step process does not seem to support this approach]. And most importantly trying to avoid negative tax implications = which part is passive, which part is active, etc. etc. etc.
A previous suggestion, to just spread the generic / common business costs over the properties' 8825 forms seems to be the path of least resistance.
All that said, we can wish Intuit simply took care of it. After all Turbotax it is a software package that can be enhanced to deal correctly with this case. Mind you , I am not trivializing the software effort involved in this. After a 55 year software engineering career I know better than that. Still, it is possible...
