input: from typing import List, Dict
  
  
  def load_properties(fixture_file: str, fixture_folder: str) -> int:
      """ Load a JSON fixture file, extract properties from it, create Property objects from the properties,
      and save them to the database. The function takes a fixture file name and a folder where fixtures
      are stored as input and returns the number of Property objects saved.
      >>> load_properties('properties.json', 'models/fixtures')
      5
      """
output:     
      import os
      import json
      from models.property import Property
  
      fixture_path = os.path.join(fixture_folder, fixture_file)
      with open(fixture_path, 'r') as file:
          data = json.load(file)
      
      properties = data.get('properties', [])
      count = 0
      for prop in properties:
          property_obj = Property(**prop)
          property_obj.save()
          count += 1
      
      return count
  