Self hosting is a fun hobby. I set Nextcloud up for myself and love it! If you’re just getting in, I would look at a “NUC”-like mini pc to run services on. They are a bit more expensive, but you get better performance.

They must have renamed and updated it since the last time I looked. I’d start here if I were you: https://choosefi.com/essential-listening-guide

Happy listening! I might have to go through some of these newer episodes.

I learned a whole lot out of college from the “Choose FI” podcast. Listened to it while commuting to work. Go to their website and look up their recommended watch order and go from there. They have a lot of good ideas to get started.