When accepting bids from contractors on a rehab do you....

[Paul Z.]

I'm interested to hear from other Rehabbers on how they communicate their budget to contractors. 

Do you keep your budget to yourself until you collect all your bids? 

Or do you hint or perhaps even come straight out and tell them how much you have to spend based on the level of rehab/finish-out you need? 

Discuss..... :)