I think the Mister is cool and all, but honestly I have seen some video's exploring the difference between hardware and software emulation and the advantages of both.... I would pick software over FPGA, wouldn't mind some sort of hybrid approach but I can only imagine how complex that would be and how expensive.
Money - 0X84A5A074
For Items they start at 0x84738E58 and you just fill it with 63 all the offsets until you dont see any more 00 (its a LOT).
For characters level you start at: 0x8475A138 for the first one in your rooster and add +920 for the next one, you will see the ST, DF, etc. values a few offsets from the level one.