Steps
- Post an ad on listings site
- Email friends and associates to tell them that you are looking to sublet your apartment and ask them to forward around
- Find out some background information on the person(s) who are looking to sublet
- Schedule appointments/open houses for people to come see the apartment, and for you to meet them
- Create a sublease agreement for the person to sign -- particularly if you do not know this person
- Arrange for a trusted friend/relative to drop-off/pick-up the key from the sublease's
- Relax, and enjoy the extra money for your apartment.
Tips
- Check out to see how much other apartments in your area are being rented for so you don't price yourself out
- Be descriptive in your posting -- include intersection, access to public transportation/parking, name local restaurants, sights, hot spots
- Include pictures in your posting
- Note any flexibility in your dates of availability (e.g. can you leave earlier, return any later?)
- A sublease agreement creates a contract between you and the other party and sets out an obligation for them to pay you
- The sublease agreement can adapted to your particular situation
- include any restrictions (e.g. no smoking, no pets), how/when you want to get paid (e.g. cash only, money order, paypal), what to do in the case of damages (e.g. a refundable security deposit)
Warnings
- Be careful to read your own lease to see what restrictions you may have in terms of subletting your apartment
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