Florida Files

Officeholders

Ellen Sly Masters

2025 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2026-05-07 · 5 pages (text)

Net worth$4,361,412
Income listed$236,561
Real estate$885,7804 properties
Debts listed$4,507
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Other / unclassified 75% $177,165 · Florida State Courts (W2), {REDACTED} (Tenant -{REDACTED})
  • Investments & retirement 19% $44,996 · Edward Jones (Dividends and Capital Gains), Capital One (Interest), Midflorida CU (Interest), Wells Fargo Bank (Interest)
  • Real estate 6% $14,400 · Pennsylvania/Ridgewood Rental (gross rec'd- before util/expenses/repair, etc.))

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 5

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $4,361,412; listed items add up to $4,361,412

Reported net worth: $4,361,412. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $4,361,412. They roughly agree.

What to check
  • No action needed unless other items look off.

Rule: Net worth vs. listed items
“Simply subtracting your liabilities from your assets will not result in an accurate net worth figure in most cases.”2025 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

73% of listed income ($173,856) comes from Florida State Courts (W2)

Listed income totals $236,561 from 7 sources. The largest is classed as other / unclassified.

What to check
  • Who is this source, and does it have business before the office sought?
  • If the filer owns it, check the business section and secondary income.

Rule: Where the money comes from
“List the name of each source of income that provided you with more than $1,000 of income during”2025 Form 6 instructions, Income ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

Earns from 3 separate employers or businesses

Several distinct earned-income sources (excluding investments, retirement and Social Security).

What to check
  • Are any of these sources connected to each other or to the office sought?

Rule: Several earned-income sources

How this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Reports a net worth of $4,361,412 — a millionaire on paper

Net worth is the filer's own figure. Being wealthy isn't a problem; it's context for comparing candidates and for reading the rest of the form.

What to check
  • Compare with the other candidates in the race.
  • Check that the large assets below are described and valued clearly.

Rule: Net worth tier
“Report your net worth as of”2025 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Real estate worth $885,780 across 4 properties (20% of net worth)

Real estate holdings, as listed.

What to check
  • Look the parcels up with the county property appraiser: land use (vacant or improved), assessed value and when they were bought.
  • Check whether any listed liability is a mortgage on these properties.

Rule: Real estate holdings
“Real property: Identify by providing the street address of the property.”2025 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Where to look next

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Their filings

Other filings by Ellen Sly Masters

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2024 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2025-05-27$3,919,010

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $4,305,919 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $4,507 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $236,561 listed

Elected to attach federal tax return instead:

Primary sources

SourceAddressAmount

Secondary sources (major customers of businesses owned)

Reported as “N/A”.

Interests in specified businesses

Reported as “N/A”.

Signature

Signed by
Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
2026-10-07T19:06:09+00:00
SHA-256
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Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6 · p5 form6
Extraction
parser v0.5.2; 0 value(s) below 80% confidence