QBI but no business

[Leolover]

Hello, I have been the landlord of 5 rental properties for over 20 years. I spend over 1/2 my time taking care of these properties and have always claimed to be a "real estate professional" who is actively involved with managing the properties. I ALSO have a separate full time career with w-2 income. Ive always filed a 1040 with my w-2 income and listed my rentals on schedule E. I do not have a sole proprietorship or LLC. This year turbo tax home and business is asking me "Is this qualified business income?" The income meets all the criteria so I choose "yes" but then it asks me to enter my Sole proprietorship or LLC EIN, which I do not have. If I select "no" to the question it asks me if I should change my previous entries. I'm very confused by all of this. Can you please clarify what I should be doing? I'm not sure which is worse 1) choosing to answer YES to the QBI question and putting in NA for the business name and EIN or 2) choosing to answer NO to the QBI question and put into question why I'm not trying to take deductions if I'm a real estate professional. Thank you!

[Leolover]

Hello, I have been the landlord of 5 rental properties for over 20 years. I spend over 1/2 my time taking care of these properties and have always claimed to be a "real estate professional" who is actively involved with managing the properties. I ALSO have a separate full time career with w-2 income. Ive always filed a 1040 with my w-2 income and listed my rentals on schedule E. I do not have a sole proprietorship or LLC. This year turbo tax home and business is asking me "Is this qualified business income?" The income meets all the criteria so I choose "yes" but then it asks me to enter my Sole proprietorship or LLC EIN, which I do not have. If I select "no" to the question it asks me if I should change my previous entries. I'm very confused by all of this. Can you please clarify what I should be doing? I'm not sure which is worse 1) choosing to answer YES to the QBI question and putting in NA for the business name and EIN or 2) choosing to answer NO to the QBI question and put into question why I'm not trying to take deductions if I'm a real estate professional. Thank you!

[Critter]

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