Is entering on two separate K-1 inputs the only way to correctly reflect passive and nonpassive income when a partnership has self-rental and passive rental properties?

[bzach]

Taxpayer has a partnership, under which he owns two rental properties. One is a self-rental and one is not. Both rentals have positive net income. In this situation, the self-rental should be non-passive income and the other rental should be passive, correct? But I can only get Lacerte to classify all as non-passive or all as passive on his K-1 input in the individual 1040. What is the best way to correct this?

[PhoebeRoberts · Accepted solution]

In that situation, I enter it as multiple K-1s. (Actually, I enter rental activities as multiple K-1s routinely, unless the client has elected to aggregate.)

[abctax55]

Me, too....
And it's one of those returns I'm working on now, with 40 plus K-1's with ordinary and rental income/loss that is driving me bonkers    The spreadsheet I use to reconcile the return is rather involved.