Florida Files

Officeholders

Barbara Areces

2023 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2024-06-20 · 5 pages (text)

Net worth$4,090,350
Income listed$138,750
Real estate$5,675,0005 properties
Debts listed$1,644,650
Worth a look1

Where listed income comes from

  • Real estate 100% $138,750 · Rental Income

Worth a look 1

Worth a look Income & business ties

Judicial Circuit (11Th): no public salary among the income listed

The filer held Judicial Circuit (11Th) in 2023, a salaried public office, but the primary sources of income listed (Rental Income) don't include a public payer such as the State of Florida, the county or the school district.

What to check
  • Check the income page of the original: the salary may be listed under another name.
  • Check that they were paid in office all year: the Commission keeps listing a suspended or departed official under the office, and a new term may start partway through the year.
  • Some officials decline or donate their salary; the form still asks for income received.

Rule: Paid public office, but no public salary listed
“List the name of each source of income that provided you with more than $1,000 of income during”2023 Form 6 instructions, Income ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context 5

Context Unusual reporting

All 6 asset values are round numbers

Every listed asset is valued in round thousands, which suggests estimates rather than statements or appraisals. That's allowed, but it makes the totals less precise.

What to check
  • Are bank or brokerage balances (which are exact) rounded too?

Rule: All values are round numbers

How this rule works

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $4,090,350; listed items add up to $4,100,350

Reported net worth: $4,090,350. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $4,100,350. 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.”2023 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

100% of listed income ($138,750) comes from Rental Income

Listed income totals $138,750 from 1 source. The largest is classed as real estate.

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”2023 Form 6 instructions, Income ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Reports a net worth of $4,090,350 — 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”2023 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Real estate worth $5,675,000 across 5 properties (139% 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.”2023 Form 6 instructions, Assets ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Where to look next

Some of what this filing reports stands out. 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 Barbara Areces

FilingReceivedNet worthItems
2025 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2026-06-26$3,869,7001
2024 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2025-06-27$4,101,0001
2022 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2023-06-28$3,192,500

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $5,735,000 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $1,644,650 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $138,750 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”.

Companies on the state register

Companies this filing names, as the Division of Corporations lists them. Their role is shown when the filer is an officer or registered agent. A company matched by name only is shown just when it's active. How these are matched

CompanyNamed asState recordTheir role
ROUNDPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING LLCCreditorActive
formed 2023 · last annual report 2026
matched by name

Signature

Signed by
Date
Filed with COE

Source

Document
Open PDF · original source
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Pages
p1 form6 · p2 form6 · p3 form6 · p4 form6 · p5 form6
Extraction
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