Investors & landlords

Thank you for the suggestions. @ThomasM125 

From 'Wages and Income' I see 2 options where we can report 1099-NEC

  1. Self-Employment (schedule C) which we don't want
  2. Other Common Income: This sounds right.

But going option 2: I dont see the highlighted option you mentioned. I see only this

  • Self employment income
  • farm income
  • hobby
  • lawsuit settlement
  • medicaid waiver payments 
  • income should have reported on W2
 
Could you please let me know how to get to that screenshot you shared?
 
Also,  to avoid taxation, can't I use that amount towards 'rental expense' and deduct? (instead of 'other income' as negative number). Wonder what's the difference between the two. May be I can't deduct the entire amount if i use as rental expense.