<prompt> Human: Roomate and I informed our landlord in May that we would not be renewing our lease in August. In June, we found a friend who wants to take our apartment after we leave. Can and how much should we ask the landlord for finding a replacement tenant? Does anyone have direct experience with this? For context, brokers fees in NYC are usually 10 of the annual rent. For this apartment, that would be 3,600. While thats usually levied against the tenant, I wonder if theres a balance to be struck here. Do landlords pay brokers at all?  <response>: Ive never heard of a finders fee. You are recommending new tenants, but your landlord is still the one thats taking the entire risk. You cant ask for cash from him. 