One Roommate Wants to Terminate Lease - Other Wants to Stay (WI)

[Jacob Beran]

Hello BP community,

I have two tenants occupying a unit who are both "jointly and severally liable" for the full 12-month lease. One of the roommates wants to end their part of the lease due to personal reasons unrelated to the unit or roommate.

So far, I reached out to the tenant who wishes to leave, informed them of the verbiage of the lease, and directed them to find a qualified, background-checked, replacement roommate (unless the other roommate would like to end the lease as well).

1. Am I required to mitigate damages as a landlord and assist them in marketing for a replacement tenant? (posting on Zillow, etc.)

2. Any other suggestions / call-outs for dealing with a situation like this?

Thanks in advance for the help!