Investors & landlords

I am getting exactly the same issue that the original poster reported.  Item 1b(2) is selected "No" with a red X and is causing the smartcheck to fail.  Item 1b(2) should be blank, but the red X on "no" cannot be removed or changed to "yes".  This only occurs if I have box 1a (is this reported on form 1099-B?) with an answer of "no".