I was not able to file efile due to need correction on the the Sch E line 4 for royalty income. I do not have royalty income, so I input $0. the issue does not go away.

Yes.  If you don't have royalty income, you may need to delete the form Schedule E to clear the error.  To delete the form:

• In Turbo Tax Home Screen, scroll down and select Tax Tools, then Tools.
• Under Tool Center, click delete a form.
• Under Review form list, scroll down, select Schedule E and click delete.

After you delete the form, you may do a Federal Review to check if error was gone:

1. Click Federal Review located on the upper right hand side of the screen .
2. Click review to each details ,and it will take you to form that has error/s. 

If the steps above clear the error, you may transmit your taxes.