See if you can add an addendum to the lease where if you can provide a credit worthy, qualified tenant, then the landlord releases you from your remaining term and obligations. With no penalties or security deposit deductions. (Provided your in the apartment at least 12-14 months, in a 2 year lease. ) Before you can provide a new tenant, you would just need to find out the what qualification requirements are of the landlord , advertise the apt , pre-qualify the people inquiring in order to weed out any non-qualifiers , then show the apartment to prospective renters. Once you’ve done all of this heavy lifting and produce a valid tenant , the landlord will usually ask them or you, to submit the application. Maybe with a security deposit too. This is something you can go over initially w the LL. **It’s important to keep the phone number and email of the person you just produced just to follow up to make sure they did in fact sign the lease.