Builder Buzz by Home Nation
Builder Buzz by Home Nation
Podcast Description
Builder Buzz by Home Nation explores the future of affordable housing with builders, developers, and industry leaders. Hosted by Quinton Comino, each episode dives into the strategies, challenges, and innovations making homeownership more accessible.
Join us for expert insights on cost-effective construction, scalable solutions, and the evolving housing market.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast covers a variety of topics centered around affordable housing including cost-effective construction, scalability, and industry innovations. Specific episodes discuss themes like the evolution of modular home building, post-frame construction, and entrepreneurial resilience in the housing sector, with insights into the challenges of COVID-19 on supply chains and shifts in customer engagement through technology.

Builder Buzz by Home Nation explores the future of affordable housing with builders, developers, and industry leaders. Hosted by Quinton Comino, each episode dives into the strategies, challenges, and innovations making homeownership more accessible.
Join us for expert insights on cost-effective construction, scalable solutions, and the evolving housing market.
What if the key to scaling your construction or contracting business wasn’t just more hands on deck—but better alignment between your people and processes?
In this episode of Builder Buzz by Home Nation, host Quinton Comino sits down with Maya J. Irizarry, MBA, CEO of Solutions by Maya, to unpack how businesses in the building industry can grow smarter, not harder. With a background in corporate leadership and business architecture, Maya has helped countless contractors, roofers, and small-business owners streamline operations, elevate leadership, and build teams that thrive.
From hiring with purpose to redefining communication and accountability, Maya reveals the biggest reasons companies struggle to scale—and the exact systems and shifts needed to turn it around.
What You’ll Learn:
- Why misalignment—not incompetence—is the real cause of most business breakdowns
- How to hire the right people for the right roles using behavioral insights
- What DISC assessments reveal about team structure and stress responses
- The role of intentional communication in building trust and productivity
- Real stories of overwhelmed owners turned confident leaders
- Maya’s 5 C’s of hiring: Character, Competence, Capacity, Chemistry, and Course
- Tactical steps to implement systems that support growth and reduce chaos
🔗 Connect with Maya J. Irizarry, MBA
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mayairizarry
- Company: sbmgo.org
- Other Ventures: barberbond.com | allstarbarberinc.com
Connect with the Show:
- Builder Buzz by Home Nation: https://homenation.com
- Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/builder-buzz-by-home-nation/id1816072711
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0VIgdx6CEGJGJlFTHb3xXO
- Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/d96c24c3-0ed9-41ad-96ed-8a4ef1242edf/builder-buzz-by-home-nation
- YouTube: https://youtube-Builderbuzz
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