Florida Files

Officeholders

Bill Furst

2024 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2025-06-09 · 7 pages (text)

Net worth$4,827,150
Income listed$249,235
Real estate$3,124,3007 properties
Debts listed$270,000
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Government & public payroll 73% $181,444 · Sarasota County Property Appraiser
  • Investments & retirement 23% $57,845 · Social Security, Prudential Financial Services
  • Other / unclassified 2% $5,426 · Blackstone Trust div
  • Banking, mortgage & lending 2% $4,519 · Gulfside Bank

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 5

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $4,827,150; listed items add up to $5,092,751

Reported net worth: $4,827,150. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $5,092,751. Net worth roughly equals the listed assets before debts — the debts may not have been subtracted.

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.”2024 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

73% of listed income ($181,444) comes from Sarasota County Property Appraiser

Listed income totals $249,235 from 5 sources. The largest is classed as government & public payroll.

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”2024 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 $4,827,150 — 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”2024 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Real estate worth $3,124,300 across 7 properties (65% 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.”2024 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Where to look next

These links open official public records, built from what the filer disclosed. They're searches you run yourself — results may include other people or companies with similar names.

Their filings

Other filings by Bill Furst

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-04-07$4,012,098

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $4,882,751 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $270,000 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $249,235 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
2026-10-08T12:39:38+00:00
SHA-256
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Pages
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Extraction
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