Real estate agent & developer · Massachusetts
I'm Damon Amato, a Massachusetts real estate agent with The Hive Real Estate. I've developed new homes on the North Shore and won approvals on land from Newburyport to Northborough. I use that experience to show you what a property is worth today, what it could be worth improved, and what the land allows.
How I look at every property
Most pricing stops at one number. A developer looks at three, because the right decision depends on all of them: whether to sell as-is, fix first, or sell the potential.
What buyers are likely to pay for the property as it stands, based on recent comparable sales and its real condition.
What it could sell for after specific repairs or updates, with what each one costs, so you can decide what's worth doing.
What zoning and the lot may allow: an addition, an accessory apartment, a second lot or a rebuild. Sometimes the land is the most valuable part.
Proof, not adjectives
Each project lists where its numbers come from. Prices are what the homes sold for; land approvals show what was permitted.
Newburyport Developed & sold · April 2021Resold in January 2025 for $1,470,000 (Bk 42538 Pg 523).
Source: Southern Essex Registry of Deeds, Book 39776, Page 30
Newbury Developed & sold · September 2020Source: Project records; deed reference to be added
Newbury Developed & sold · November 2019Resold in October 2024 for $1,810,000 (Bk 42382 Pg 266).
Source: Project records; size from MLS PIN #73277454
Who I help
Know your as-is value, which repairs pay back, and whether your lot is worth more than you think.
Selling with Damon BuyersA custom MLS search, and a walk-through from someone who has built houses and knows what's behind the walls.
Buying with Damon Investors2–4 families, value-add and land, underwritten with real renovation and approval experience.
Investing with Damon OwnersInherited homes, tenants in place, major repairs, or land with development potential.
Talk it throughLand approvals
I've won zone changes, variances and site approvals on parcels other buyers had passed on. If you own land, an older home on a large lot, or a building with potential, that experience is useful even if you never build.
Rendering of the approved planFit 15 lots on about two acres that had been four separate lots.
Source: Damon's project records, October 2026
Rendering of the approved planThe board approved it unanimously, with no opposition.
Source: Damon's project records, October 2026
Rendering of the approved planRedesigned after earlier buyers failed through several rounds of architecture.
Source: Damon's project records, October 2026
Where I work
Also: Amesbury, West Newbury, Gloucester, Georgetown, Rowley, Haverhill, Merrimac
Also: Chelmsford, Dracut, Tewksbury, Billerica, Framingham, Marlborough, Hudson
Also: Shrewsbury, Westborough, Grafton, Auburn, Holden, Southborough
About Damon
I started in real estate as a developer in 2017, buying lots and older properties, building new homes and taking land through local approvals. I've learned where project budgets go wrong: usually in site work, permitting and the repairs nobody saw coming.
I became a licensed agent so homeowners, buyers and investors can make decisions with the same numbers I use when my own money is on the line.
No. When I represent you, my job is to get you the best result on the open market. If you ever wanted me to consider buying a property for myself, that would be a separate conversation, and I'd tell you in writing that I'm a licensed agent buying for my own account.
It's a written analysis of your property: what it's likely worth as-is, what it could be worth after specific improvements and what they cost, and what the zoning and lot may allow. It's free, and you're under no obligation to list with me.
My main markets are Essex, Middlesex and Worcester counties. My development projects have been in Newburyport, Newbury, Salisbury, Gloucester and Northborough, and my brokerage, The Hive Real Estate, is based in Worcester. For land and development I work statewide.
Not yet. I don't want to show you a search that isn't complete and current. Until a licensed MLS feed is connected, I'll set up a custom MLS search that emails you matching homes as soon as they're listed.
I'm a Massachusetts real estate salesperson (license #9568911) with The Hive Real Estate LLC, 6B Jacques St, Worcester, MA 01603.
Start with a short call. You'll leave with clear numbers and a plan, whether or not we work together.