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more trouble than it's worth

high maintenance; requiring excessive investments of effort that may not be exceeded by the return
The fact that Glen M. is not a rational actor makes him more trouble than he's worth.

Trouble-Solver  

A person who solves trouble. Solves trouble from troublemakers. a person who is able to come up with variable solution to causes and types of trouble.
Columbo is a Trouble-solver or Mark Sloane is a Trouble-solver e.g someone made a murder causing trouble therefore solved by said names.
Trouble-Solver by Sh*tbag April 23, 2009

keep troubles at bay 

to control something and prevent it from causing you problems
She fought to keep troubles at bay.
keep troubles at bay by Daghfag November 7, 2010

good trouble 

The kind of trouble you can be proud of, a term used by civil rights icon John Lewis, to mean standing up to authority for what you believe in.
“My philosophy is very simple, when you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, say something, do something, get in trouble, good trouble, necessary trouble!”
good trouble by Dr Bunnygirl August 15, 2020

troublez 

hey, that nigga marvin is troublez. lol.
troublez by sunsh1n391 June 10, 2008

Troubleshot 

Boss: Have you examined the the network issue?
Worker: I actually troubleshot it yesterday, and here's what I found...
Troubleshot by star_topology September 28, 2008