Signs that a sale may be going south

The California Association of Realtors’ residential purchase agreement is designed and continuously updated to minimize confusion and conflict.
It explicitly lays out such things as the purchase price, initial deposit amount, loan amount (if any,) length of escrow, and dates that the buyers’ contingencies are due to be removed and dates the sellers’ disclosures are due.
So, when one side or the other requests a change to any of these contractually binding agreements, it could b