Great post! You definitely highlighted most of the fears we had starting out. We had fear #1 happen early on— luckily we were in a place where we could easily get a repair.
Like many people, we assumed living in a van would be vastly cheaper. For us, it is… a bit. But one of us retired early so that we could go on the road, so we share an income. To us, money is less important than experience, though.
As for getting along on the road, we’ve been pretty lucky. My advice is— you will take your relationship issues with you, so make sure that you have a good foundation. We have separate interests and don’t always do everything together, also divide the chores according to skills and interest and keep a sense of humor. (We wrote a post about this on our blog)
Anyway, thanks for your post