Florida Files

Officeholders

Bill Furst

2022 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2023-04-13 · 9 pages (text)

Net worth$5,989,196
Income listed$251,636
Real estate$3,949,3779 properties
Debts listed$408,838
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Government & public payroll 68% $171,366 · Sarasota County Property Appraiser
  • Investments & retirement 32% $80,270 · Social Security, Prudential Financial Services dividend, UBS, interest, UBS, dividends, Blackstone Trust, Dividends, Merrill Lynch, Interest

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 4

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $5,989,196; listed items add up to $5,873,355

Reported net worth: $5,989,196. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $5,873,355. 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.”2022 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

68% of listed income ($171,366) comes from Sarasota County Property Appraiser

Listed income totals $251,636 from 7 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”2022 Form 6 instructions, Income ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Reports a net worth of $5,989,196 — a multimillionaire 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”2022 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Real estate worth $3,949,377 across 9 properties (66% 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.”2022 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 Bill Furst

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-04-07$4,012,098
2024 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2025-06-09$4,827,150
2023 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2024-04-29$6,103,858

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $5,844,693 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $408,838 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $251,636 listed

Elected to attach federal tax return instead: not read

Primary sources

SourceAddressAmount

Secondary sources (major customers of businesses owned)

Interests in specified businesses

Reported as “N/A”.

Signature

Signed by
Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
Retrieved
2026-10-11T01:02:01+00:00
SHA-256
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Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6 · p5 form6 · p6 form6 · p7 form6 · p8 form6 · p9 form6
Extraction
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