Tree properties are introduced by Shelah, and it is well-known that a theory has TP (the tree property) if and only if it has TP 1 or TP 2 . In any simple theory (i.e., a theory not having TP), forking supplies a good independence notion as it satisfies symmetry, full transitivity, extension, local character, and typeamalgamation, over sets. Shelah also introduced SOP n (n-strong order property). Recently it is proved that in any NSOP 1 theory (i.e. a theory not having SOP 1 ) holding nonforking existence, Kim-forking also satisfies all the mentioned independence properties except base monotonicity (one direction of full transitivity). These results are the sources of motivation for this paper.Mainly, we produce type-counting criteria for SOP 2 (which is equivalent to TP 1 ) and SOP 1 . In addition, we study relationships between TP 2 and Kim-forking, and obtain that a theory is supersimple iff there is no countably infinite Kim-forking chain.