Thanks for the response, and the pointer. It helped somewhat: I started a new return from scratch and follwed your suggestion of starting with the "Federal Taxes > Wages and Income > Rental Properties and Royalties and click Start or Update." I was able to enter all the property info and the income from 1099-MISC and the expenses, just like in years before. But, I had to enter all the property info and property mgmt info (name, address, TIN, etc.).
If I started a new return and imported all the info from last year which has all the info from my property mgmt company already loaded, then TT would not step me through the expenses part of the rental property section. While it is probably easier to re-enter the property info and the step-by-step through the expenses rather than import the property info and then add the expenses directly on Sched E, I would prefer to not do it this way. I don't remember having to do it this way last year; if I recall correctly, I imported the previous year's return and TT stepped me through the Rental Property income and expenses directly.
