the easiest way to check if the rental activity is being treated as passive by Turbotax is to look at form 8582. That's the form where income/loss from every passive activity first flows.
the only time rental activity would be considered earned income is If the average use of the property by a customer is seven days or less. Therefore, most VRBO and AirBnB are not considered rental activities. however if such is the case the activity is reported on Schedule C, not Schedule E.
