<prompt> Human: I currently live in Austin, Texas and I live in a nice apartment in a nice area. Rent at the end of the month with all utilities included comes to about 1400. My lease ends in September, but Im heading back home for a new job and to be with the s.o. I have three options to get out of the lease: 1 Pay 3000 - out of lease 2 Pay 85 of the rent until someone comes in and rents the apartment3 Find a roommate and be on the lease with the individual until the lease is over -potentially suffer any delinquencies the new roommate causes. A friend told me to change my bank account, and just suffer a ding on my overall really good credit. What should I do?  <response>: I did this once. I just posted a Craigslist ad for the apartment, we signed the guy onto our lease as a roommate, then we removed our names from the lease. The only stipulation was that because the lease was ongoing, the landlord wasnt going to refund our deposit until the new tenant ended the contract. We just had them do a walkthrough, spot any visible damages, and then the new tenant wrote us a check for the deposit less the damages. 