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I solved it with a cheap VPS running Caddy as a reverse proxy and a Tailscale connection back to my home server.
I think Tailscale has a service called Tailscale Serve which may work around a frequently changing ip as well. Not sure though as I haven't looked into it much.
Why not run just the VPN on the VPS instead of opening everything directly?
Not sure I understand. The VPN (Tailscale) is on the VPS.
I have several very technically challenged family members that wanted to use a couple of the services that I host. Doing it this way simplifies the setup and the tech support calls. The VPS, or rather a domain name that leads to the VPS, is how they access those services.
I have Tailscale setup on all my personal devices, so I generally just connect directly to the services.