It has come to my attention that One Property Management at 1350 Boyson Rd A-1, Hiawatha, IA 52233 ran a review contest to bolster its Google reviews. They put out door hangers advising that, for the month of February 2026, anyone who posted a review was eligible for a $5.00 gift card.
One Property Management gained 10 Google reviews through this promotion. They didn’t have the desired effects as they went from a 3.3 average rating to a 3.5 average rating. It’s worse. Google will remove the reviews and warn the business, and they will be out $50. They could be fined up to $51,744 per review. This stunt could cost them $5,1744,000 in total.
Since this review scheme, they have recieved two negative reviews, a 1-star and a 2-star review. Not only will their review count drop once the 10 reviews are removed, but their score will be slightly lower. If they focused on the issues that caused their score to decrease, it would continue to drop. These review schemes don’t work as they don’t fix the underlying issues.
