tenant would like to transfer lease to another person

[Sherry Chen]

A tenant needs to move out early, the current lease has about 10 months left. She would like to transfer lease to a new person (we run credit check, the new person looks good). I wonder how to handle the situation. Do we have the current tenant move out, clean and sign a new lease with the new tenant with the remaining terms of the lease. Or we don't need to do any cleaning, just have them swap personal items, and sign a lease amendment to say the new tenant will be responsible for the rent and damage. Does anyone have relevant experience? Thank you!