Paying taxes for something doesn't mean you own it. Even if it did, I doubt the businesses fighting housing today are the same ones that paid the taxes 45-70 years ago.
Setting up an SMB or NFS share is the correct answer because op has stated he plans to use VMs (plural). ZFS is not sharable without it. https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Storage
As others have said, 1 GB RAM isn't enough. It also isn't a good deal. You can get old NUCs for $30-40 with 8 GB.