Whelp, Day 1 finished, now what???

[Jeremy I.]

BP,

I've decided to take the community through work on my first project in hopes of gaining wisdom from folks on BP.  Here is the link to my previous post:

https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/67/topics/297...

See timeline below:

Day: Close - 2 days

Selected contractor

Day: Close

+Signed documents for closing (mobile closing)

+Received invoice from contractor and paid 1/3 of invoice for mobilization

Day: Today

+Funding not completed due to a miscommunication between lender, title and wholesaler

+Keys not provided, thus contractor was not able to start working

+Contractors diverted to another rental property to perform maintenance activity (pure dumb luck this happened at the same time)

Questions/feedback

Well, given rehab hasn't started, this day has been a big let down.  Is there anything I could have done differently?  Should I have waited until I secured the keys before officially paying for the contractor?  I did this early because I wanted to make sure I secured the contractor.  Should I consider paying the contractor for their down time today (technically I'm at fault for them not working today given I committed to the home being available today)?

Any thoughts or feedback will be greatly appreciated.