public static function getProperties($type = 'newest', $order = 'default', $count = 10)
 {
     $args = array('post_type' => 'properties', 'post_status' => 'publish', 'posts_per_page' => $count);
     if ($order == 'default') {
         $args['orderby'] = 'post_date';
         $args['order'] = 'DESC';
     } else {
         if ($order == 'random') {
             $args['orderby'] = 'rand';
         }
     }
     // Prevent multiple instances of the same post if WPML is installed
     $args['suppress_filters'] = false;
     $meta_query = array();
     if ($type == 'featured') {
         $meta_query[] = array('key' => USE_PREFIX . 'featured', 'value' => 'on');
     }
     $args['meta_query'] = $meta_query;
     $key = md5(serialize($args));
     $_properties = wp_cache_get($key, THEME_NAME);
     if (!$_properties) {
         $properties = get_posts($args);
         $_properties = array();
         foreach ($properties as $property) {
             $p = new Property();
             $p->setData($property);
             $_properties[] = $p;
         }
         wp_cache_set($key, $_properties, THEME_NAME);
     }
     self::$last_query_found_items_count = count($_properties);
     return $_properties;
 }