Thanks for that response on the rental income. I saw that the software behaved this way for foreign rental income, which seemed the way to go.
Though it didn't work this way for foreign interest. When i entered interest in the 'interest/investment income' screen and then the Foreign interest section, it showed my interest twice in my actual tax return. i thought that the software would not disclose it twice. So i presumed that i shouldn't enter it in the regular interest income screen and removed it there. i'm just hoping that is the correct approach.
Any further guidance?