input: from typing import List
  
  def load_properties_from_fixture(fixture_path: str) -> int:
      """Loads properties from a JSON fixture file, creates Property objects, and saves them to the database.
      The function returns the number of properties saved.
      >>> load_properties_from_fixture('path/to/fixture.json')
      10
      """
      
      properties_to_save = []
      with open(fixture_path) as file_:
          data = json.load(file_)
      properties = data['properties']
      for property_ in properties:
          property_.pop('id')
          properties_to_save.append(Property(**property_))
      Property.objects.insert(properties_to_save)
  
      return len(properties_to_save)
output:     import json