// this is alternative for typeof(T).GetProperties()
// that returns base class properties before inherited class properties
protected PropertyInfo[] GetBasePropertiesFirst(Type type)
{
    var orderList = new List();
    var iteratingType = type;
    do
    {
        orderList.Insert(0, iteratingType);
        iteratingType = iteratingType.BaseType;
    } while (iteratingType != null);

    var props = type.GetProperties()
        .OrderBy(x => orderList.IndexOf(x.DeclaringType))
        .ToArray();

    return props;
}