Florida Files

Officeholders

Bill Furst

2023 Form 6 · annual filing (Commission on Ethics) · received 2024-04-29 · 8 pages (text)

Net worth$6,103,858
Income listed$263,364
Real estate$3,716,4979 properties
Debts listed$271,600
Worth a look0

Where listed income comes from

  • Government & public payroll 69% $181,444 · Sarasota County Property Appraiser
  • Investments & retirement 30% $79,284 · Social Security, Prudential Financial Services dividend, UBS, interest, UBS, dividends, Blackstone Trust, Dividends
  • Banking, mortgage & lending 1% $1,452 · Gulfside Bank
  • Other / unclassified 0% $1,184 · KKR Private Equity Conglomerate

Worth a look 0

Nothing stood out under the current rules.

Context 5

Context Unusual reporting

Net worth $6,103,858; listed items add up to $5,762,866

Reported net worth: $6,103,858. Household goods + listed assets − listed liabilities = $5,762,866. 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.”2023 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Income & business ties

69% of listed income ($181,444) comes from Sarasota County Property Appraiser

Listed income totals $263,364 from 8 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”2023 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 $6,103,858 — 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”2023 Form 6 instructions, Net Worth ✓ quoted from the saved instructions · how this rule works

Context Wealth & holdings

Real estate worth $3,716,497 across 9 properties (61% 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

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
2024 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2025-06-09$4,827,150
2022 Form 6 — annual (Commission on Ethics)2023-04-13$5,989,196

Net worth

Net worth
As of
Household goods (lump sum)

Assets over $1,000 $5,554,466 listed

DescriptionValue

Liabilities over $1,000 $271,600 listed

CreditorAddressAmount

Joint and several liabilities not reported above

Reported as “N/A”.

Income $263,364 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
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Pages
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