The red flags were stacking up, but his total shift at the end to Seinfeld soup Nazi style "no house for you" threw me off.

I would recommend reading “The Richest Man in Babylon” for some motivation and prepare yourself for a paradigm shift!

If you are a realtor then purchasing power for your clients may shift a bit. 

Rather than prior liens I would shift my focus to research on how the issue of notice (or lack thereof) plays out in this scenario.

Partners could not understand the shifting of the market. 

I felt the house shift!

@Bill F. my example was somewhat hypothetical but a reality I am currently facing, and no, there were no major shifts in the dynamics, simply baseless optimism and this has been the case across the board in my area.

Or shifting where the pipe exits the foundation.  

The shift can happen quickly from buyers market to sellers market and vice a versa.

In an area with rising values and fast demographic shifts of what the NEW RESIDENTS wish for them self’s but simply doesn’t exist yet in terms of feel and finishes.