The same chapter that discusses the 4 year one day rule discusses the rule I described: https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-3
An applicant who is subject to a 5-year statutory period for naturalization is absent from the United States for 8 months, returning on August 1, 2018. The applicant has been absent from the United States for more than 6 months (180 days) but less than 1 year (365 days). As such, the applicant must be able to rebut the presumption of a break in the continuity of residence in order to meet the continuous residence requirement for naturalization.
If the applicant is unable to rebut the presumption, he or she must wait until at least 6 months from reaching the 5-year anniversary of the newly established statutory period following the applicant’s return to the United States. In this example, the newly established statutory period began on August 1, 2018, when the applicant returned to the United States. Therefore, the earliest the applicant may re-apply for naturalization is February 1, 2023, which is at least 6 months from the 5-year anniversary of the pertinent statutory period.[18]
Ignore the nonsense about 6 calendar months. Every ISO I have encountered uses 180 days, and even Jim Hacking says it is 182.5 days, and even then only if he is appealing a case.
I do not advise you to try this rule. Any LPR that draws attention to an absence of more than 180 days is at risk. You were not paying rent; you clearly abandoned LPR status.