I agree that more people need to run nodes and I have been looking in to this myself, but following this guide will cost $48/m:
https://andreneves.xyz/p/how-to-setup-a-paid-nostr-relay
If there are cheaper ways I would be interested, right now this is out of reach for the plebs
You can make it private relay for yourself and a small group of people😉
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Looks like I have more research to do
White list pubkeys you want to let write and read notes in the config file and you are all set !