Best Way to Sublet?

SkyGheNe

Here's the situation:
*In a very spacious 2 bedroom + Loft with two bathrooms. Has washer and dryer in it. I need to leave.
*I need to find someone who will take the very spacious loft + very spacious closet for ideally $600 + utilities...as low as $300 + utilities.

With this comes two questions:
*Where is the best place to advertise this sort of thing (craigslist?)
*How do I screen out crazies/druggies - Do not want my current roommates having to put up with crap.

Any advice/help or experiences doing this will be helpful.

Skeith

Craigslist is a decent place to advertise for subletting, but I'm sure someone else who will pop in this thread can give you other websites; usually the ones that display full term leases have sections for subletting. As for screening, get a list of references, professional, former landlords, all that, and follow up on those.

Aurora Borealis

Man, I never understood the convention that the outgoing roommate chooses the new one. You're not the one that's going to be living with this person. Shouldn't the current roommates' opinions be more relevant?
I guess I can see wanting to save them the bother, but the stakes are low for you and high for them if you end up choosing someone who is creepy or financially unreliable.
Is your name on the lease? Can you afford to pay a month's rent after you are gone in case it takes them that long to find someone?
If the first answer is no and the second is yes, I would suggest you give your notice, move out when you say you will, and let them find somebody new themselves.

SkyGheNe

Well this is the issue - Currently living with a really good friend and my ex-partner of 3.5 years. The details behind the break off are kind of irrelevant, but the one relevant part is that she will under no circumstances take the initiative to find a replacement (not out of spite...just lack of initiative). All three of our names are on the lease.

So basically I want to make sure the person that comes in is responsible because I do not want to screw either of them over and I know that both of them would have difficulty doing this. Want to be a good person and make their lives easier, you know? I plan on having them interview any prospective tenants so that everyone is comfortable.

I have a good savings, so if I really wanted to I could hand them $8,000 (remaining months rent of my share) and walk away, but obviously I don't like burning money.

Either way - they cannot afford to take on more than $100 additional each, so if someone comes in at $300 - I'd be paying $100 * 7 months. That would probably be cheaper than breaking the lease (not that I believe she would let me do that, nor do I think he really wants to).

Aurora Borealis

Ah, okay. If they really are refusing to find a replacement themselves, then yeah, they're stuck with whoever you find for them. Not a choice I would make in their shoes. Good on you for trying to be decent about it.
I have had both good and bad luck with craigslist. It's like a lot like hiring somebody, and in the end you just have to go with your gut.
You might also try getting on whatever social media you frequent and attempt to find a friend of friends or somebody you know that needs a place. In this situation that may be a better solution than a random stranger.