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Do you think it's safe for the average joe to forward ports in the router to access things from the outside?
Nope. But wireguard works fine and is super easy. I'd recommend something like WG-easy running on the nas. That's just one port to forward, with a reliable service behind it that does not advertise its presence. That is pretty safe.
Do you have a good tutorial for setting up Wireguard? I was able to setup OpenVPN easily but haven't been able to get Wireguard to let me access the internet while connected to it. Plus the Android app always says successfully connected even if the server is misconfigured.
I'm using pivpn inside a Debian container in Proxmox instead of using a raspberry pi. You can pick either OpenVPN or WireGuard during install. Mine is running WireGuard with no issues. I feel it's very easy to use.