Instead of subleasing it, you can transfer the lease to somebody. It is likely that you have to negotiate, for example leave the deposit so that the person taking over your lease will take it with him/her once the lease expires, or agree to pay a part of the rent. Otherwise it is hard to find someone to take over your lease. I am not in a favor of subleasing because if the person does something wrong with the apartment you will be in trouble, but if you transfer the lease, then after the date mentioned in the lease tranfer agreement, you won't be responsible for anything. I did the same thing two months back. I left the deposit with the new tenant. Hope that helps.

Sparty