Sarah Is Experiencing Extreme Financial Difficulties, and Her Home Is

Multiple Choice

Sarah is experiencing extreme financial difficulties, and her home is about to be foreclosed. Sarah would like to keep her home. Using a means-ends analysis, which of these is a direct-means solution?

A) begin looking for a higher-paying job
B) pay the mortgage company the amount of money it requests, so that she is up-to-date on her mortgage payments
C) apply for hardship assistance to delay the foreclosure process
D) max out her credit cards in order to make the minimum payment necessary to delay foreclosure until the next month