I'm trying to figure out this sentence, I'm still new but it still doesn't
make sense to me.

> お金にお困りのようね

Shouldn't it be a "ga" or a "ha"? How is the trouble going towards money or is
in money?

Or could it be that the thing that is troubling the person is the target aka
the money?
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particle-に nouns
How does ''ni'' fit in here?
All Japanese particles, including に, have more than one usages. Here, this is
に that marks the cause of someone's psychological reaction.

  * [に in コントロールに苦しまなくなった](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/72042/5010)
  * [When do you use に to indicate a cause or reason for something?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/95996/5010)

You can also use で and say お金 **で** お困りのようね. The meaning remains the same.

Note that 困る is an intransitive verb meaning "to suffer" or "to have trouble".
お金 **が** お困りのようね or お金 **は** お困りのようね would mean something strange, "Looks like
money is suffering" or "Looks like money is having trouble", as if money had
its own will.
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