[DrAwdeOccarim]

One approach is to line up prospective sublease tenants to see the apartment, and have them request showings that appear reasonable but that a large company cannot achieve (if your landlord is a large company). The idea being if they drag you to court, you simply show records that you tried to line up showings but the landlord who has the keys (since you're out of town) couldn't bother to assist in the effort. The way I approached this previously was to advertise on Craigslist with things like "first two months free!". I had people lined up to see the place and the landlord could not show-up without a weeks notice. No judge will side with the landlord in this kind of situation.