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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.2

                     FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

         THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (this "Amendment") by and
between Sun Communities, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Company") and Gary
A. Shiffman (the "Executive") is entered into effective as of July 15, 2002.

                                    RECITALS:

         A. The Company and Executive have entered into that certain Employment
Agreement dated effective as of January 1, 1997 (the "Employment Agreement").
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings
given them in the Employment Agreement.

         B. The Company and Executive desire to amend the Employment Agreement
in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Amendment.

         NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

         1. Section 2 of the Employment Agreement is hereby deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following Section 2:

                  2.       Term of Employment. Subject to the provisions for
                           termination provided below, the term of the
                           Executive's employment under this Agreement shall
                           commence on January 1, 1997 and shall continue
                           thereafter for a period of ten (10) years ending on
                           December 31, 2006; provided, however, that the term
                           of this Agreement shall be automatically extended for
                           successive terms of one (1) year each, unless either
                           party notifies the other party in writing of its
                           desire to terminate this Agreement at least thirty
                           (30) days before the end of the term then in effect.

         2. Section 4(b) of the Employment Agreement is hereby deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following Section 4(b):

                  (b)      Base Compensation. As compensation for the services
                           to be performed hereafter, the Company shall pay to
                           the Executive, during his employment hereunder, an
                           annual base salary (the "Base Salary") payable in
                           accordance with the Company's usual pay practices
                           (and in any event no less frequently than monthly) at
                           the rate of:

                           (i)      Four Hundred One Thousand Nine Hundred Fifty
                                    Dollars ($401,950.00) per annum from the
                                    date hereof through December 31, 2002; and

                           (ii)     Four Hundred Twenty Five Thousand Dollars
                                    ($425,000.00) for each year thereafter.

         3. Section 4(c) of the Employment Agreement is hereby deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following Section 4(c):

                  (c)      COLA Adjustment. At the beginning of each calendar
                           year of this Agreement, commencing with calendar year
                           2004, and on such date each year thereafter (the
                           "Adjustment Date"), the Base Salary shall be
                           increased in accordance with the increase, if any, in
                           the cost of living during the preceding one year as
                           determined by the percentage increase in the
                           Consumers Price Index-All Urban Consumers (U.S. City
                           Average/all items) published by the Bureau of Labor
                           Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor (the
                           "Index"). The average Index for calendar years 2002
                           and 2003 shall be considered the "Base." The Base
                           Salary

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                           for the calendar year following each Adjustment Date
                           shall be the Base Salary specified in Paragraph
                           4(b)(ii) increased by the percentage increase, if
                           any, in the Index for the calendar year immediately
                           preceding the Adjustment Date over the Base. In the
                           event the Index shall cease to be published or the
                           formula underlying the Index shall change materially
                           from the formula used for the Index as of the date
                           hereof, then there shall be substituted for the Index
                           such other index of similar nature as is then
                           generally recognized and accepted. In no event shall
                           the Base Salary during each adjusted calendar year be
                           less than that charged during the preceding year of
                           this Agreement.

         4. Pursuant to a Restricted Stock Award Agreement dated as of the date
hereof, the Company granted the Executive a restricted stock award of 70,000
shares of Common Stock of the Company in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the Company's Amended and Restated 1993 Stock Option Plan.

         5. Pursuant to amendments to and restatements of (i) the secured First
Amended and Restated Promissory Note dated March 11, 1996 in the original
principal amount of $1,022,538.13, (ii) the unsecured First Amended and Restated
Promissory Note dated March 11, 1996 in the original principal amount of
$1,022,538.12, (iii) the secured Promissory Note dated April 1, 1997 in the
original principal amount of $1,300,195.40, (iv) the unsecured Promissory Note
dated April 1, 1997 in the original principal amount of $1,300,195.40, and (v)
the secured First Amended and Restated Promissory Note dated March 11, 1996 in
the original principal amount of $6,604,923.75, the due dates of all debt owing
to Sun Communities Operating Limited Partnership under such notes have been
extended such that one-third of the aggregate indebtedness under each such note
becomes due and payable in full on each of December 31, 2008, December 31, 2009
and December 31, 2010.

         6. Unless otherwise modified by this Amendment, all provisions of the
Employment Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect in
accordance with its terms. The Employment Agreement, as amended by this
Amendment, sets forth the entire agreement and understanding of the parties to
it, and supersedes all prior agreements, arrangements and communications,
whether oral or written, with respect to its subject matter.

         7. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall
be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the
same agreement. Copies (photostatic, facsimile or otherwise) of signatures to
this Amendment shall be deemed to be originals and may be relied on to the same
extent as the originals.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this First Amendment to
Employment Agreement on the date first written above.

                         COMPANY:

                         SUN COMMUNITIES, INC.,
                         a Maryland corporation

                         By:           /s/ Jeffrey P. Jorissen
                            -------------------------------------------------
                              Jeffrey P. Jorissen, Senior Vice President and
                              Chief Financial Officer

                         EXECUTIVE:

                                         /s/ Gary A. Shiffman
                         -----------------------------------------------------
                         GARY A. SHIFFMAN

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.3

                           SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
                                 PROMISSORY NOTE
                                    (Secured)

$6,604,923.75                                       Farmington Hills, Michigan
Final Due Date: December 31, 2010                     Dated: As of July 15, 2002

           FOR VALUE RECEIVED, GARY A. SHIFFMAN ("Maker") promises to pay in
lawful money of the United States of America to the order of SUN COMMUNITIES
OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Michigan limited partnership ("Holder"), at
31700 Middlebelt Road, Suite 145, Farmington Hills, Michigan 48334, or such
other place as Holder may designate in writing, the principal sum of SIX MILLION
SIX HUNDRED FOUR THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED TWENTY THREE AND 75/100 DOLLARS
($6,604,923.75), plus interest as hereinafter provided.

           The unpaid principal balance of this promissory note ("Note") shall
bear interest from the date hereof, computed upon the basis of a year of 365
days for the actual number of days elapsed in a month, at a rate of interest per
annum (the "Effective Rate") equal to 1.75% in excess of six months' LIBOR (the
"Index"), as such Index shall vary from time to time, upwards or downwards, and
each such Index change shall cause an identical change in the Effective Rate to
occur effective immediately; provided, however, that the Effective Rate shall
not exceed 9% per annum and the Effective Rate shall not be lower than 6% per
annum.

           The indebtedness evidenced by this Note shall be paid to Holder in
quarterly installments of interest only, beginning July 15, 1995, and continuing
on the fifteenth day following each calendar quarter thereafter until December
31, 2010. One-third (33.33%) of the unpaid principal balance of this Note shall
be due and payable on each of December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2009. The
entire remaining unpaid principal balance of this Note, together with all
accrued and unpaid interest, shall be due and payable in full on December 31,
2010. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the current timing of
Holder's quarterly dividend payments is subsequently changed, the due date of
Maker's quarterly interest payments on this Note shall be adjusted accordingly;
provided, however, that Maker's quarterly interest payments shall still be due
under this Note even if Holder subsequently discontinues payment of dividends.

           All cash distributions and dividends paid to Maker on 177,636 shares
(the "Shares") of the common stock, $.01 par value, of Sun Communities, Inc., a
Maryland corporation, issued to Maker as of July 3, 1995 and pledged to Holder
pursuant to that certain First Amended Stock Pledge Agreement between Maker and
Holder, dated as of March 11, 1996 (the "Pledge Agreement"), and all cash
distributions paid to Maker with respect to 127,794 Common OP Units in Holder
(the "OP Units") pledged to Holder pursuant to that certain Limited Partnership
Interest Security and Pledge Agreement between Maker and Holder, dated as of
March 11, 1996 (the "Security and Pledge
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Agreement") (collectively, the "Distributions"), shall first be applied toward
the accrued and unpaid interest hereunder and sixty percent (60%) of the
remainder of the Distributions, if any, shall be applied toward the outstanding
principal balance of this Note. Maker hereby authorizes Holder and/or any of
Holder's representatives to apply any and all Distributions in accordance with
the terms of this Note.

           This Note may be paid in full or in part at any time without payment
of any prepayment fee or penalty. All payments received hereunder shall, at the
option of Holder, first be applied against accrued and unpaid interest and the
balance against principal. Maker expressly assumes all risks of loss or delay in
the delivery of any payments made by mail, and no course of conduct or dealing
shall affect Maker's assumption of these risks.

           Upon the occurrence of any of the following events of default ("Event
of Default"): (a) any failure by Maker to pay any installment of principal or
interest when due hereunder and such failure shall continue and shall not be
cured for a period of ten (10) days after the due date of such payment; (b)
Maker's failure generally to pay debts as they mature, or the appointment of a
receiver or custodian over a material portion of Maker's assets, which receiver
or custodian is not discharged within sixty (60) days of such appointment; (c)
any voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings are commenced
by or against Maker, which proceedings are not set aside within sixty (60) days
from the date of institution thereof; or (d) any writ of attachment,
garnishment, execution, tax lien, or similar writ is issued against any property
of Maker; then, at the election of Holder and without notice, demand or
presentment, the entire principal balance of this Note, together with all
accrued and unpaid interest, shall become immediately due and payable. All costs
and expenses of collection, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys
fees and expenses, shall be added to and become part of the total indebtedness.

           Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of
Default, the outstanding principal amount hereof shall bear interest at a rate
which is two percent (2.0%) per annum greater than the Effective Rate otherwise
applicable. Maker agrees to pay all of Holder's costs incurred in the collection
of this Note, including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses.

           Acceptance by Holder of any payment in an amount less than the amount
then due shall be deemed an acceptance on account only, and Maker's failure to
pay the entire amount then due within the applicable cure period shall be and
continue to be an Event of Default. Upon the occurrence and continuance of any
Event of Default, neither the failure of Holder promptly to exercise its right
to declare the outstanding principal and accrued unpaid interest hereunder to be
immediately due and payable, nor the failure of Holder to demand strict
performance of any other obligation of Maker or any other person who may be
liable hereunder, shall constitute a waiver of any such rights, nor a waiver of
such rights in connection with any future default on the part of Maker or any
other person who may be liable hereunder.

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           Maker and all endorsees, sureties and guarantors hereof hereby
jointly and severally waive presentment for payment, demand, notice of
non-payment, notice of protest or protest of this Note, and Holder diligence in
collection or bringing suit, and do hereby consent to any and all extensions of
time, renewals, waivers or modifications as may be granted by Holder with
respect to payment or any other provisions of this Note.

           Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall
Maker be required to pay a rate of interest in excess of the Maximum Rate. The
term "Maximum Rate" shall mean the maximum non-usurious rate of interest that
Holder is allowed to contract for, charge, take, reserve or receive under the
applicable laws of any applicable state or of the United States of America
(whichever from time to time permits the highest rate for the use, forbearance
or detention of money) after taking into account, to the extent required by
applicable law, any and all relevant payments or charges hereunder, or under any
other document or instrument executed and delivered in connection therewith and
the indebtedness evidenced hereby.

           In the event Holder ever receives, as interest, any amount in excess
of the Maximum Rate, such amount as would be excessive interest shall be deemed
a partial prepayment of principal, and, if the principal hereof is paid in full,
any remaining excess shall be returned to Maker. In determining whether or not
the interest paid or payable under any specified contingency exceeds the Maximum
Rate, Maker and Holder shall, to the maximum extent permitted by law, (a)
characterize any non-principal payment as an expense, fee, or premium rather
than as interest; (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof; and
(c) amortize, prorate, allocate and spread the total amount of interest through
the entire contemplated term of such indebtedness until payment in full of the
principal (including the period of any extension or renewal thereof) so that the
interest on account of such indebtedness shall not exceed the Maximum Rate. If
Holder shall determine that the Effective Rate under this Note is usurious or
otherwise limited by law, the unpaid balance of this Note, with accrued interest
at the Maximum Rate, shall, at the option of Holder, become immediately due and
payable.

           Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Maker's personal
liability on this Note is limited to all accrued and unpaid interest and fifty
percent (50%) of any deficiency after application of the proceeds from the sale
of the Shares and the OP Units. Upon an Event of Default and Holder's election
to accelerate the indebtedness under this Note, Maker shall be personally liable
for all accrued and unpaid interest hereunder, Holder shall apply the proceeds
from the sale of the Shares and the OP Units to the then outstanding principal
balance on this Note and Maker shall be personally liable for fifty percent
(50%) of the deficiency, if any. In addition, Maker, in his sole and absolute
discretion, may, at any time (whether or not an Event of Default exists),
terminate his obligations hereunder by (i) paying all accrued and unpaid
interest on this Note, (ii) assigning all of his right, title and interest in
the Shares and the OP Units to Holder, and (iii) after application of the
proceeds from the sale of the Shares and the OP Units, paying fifty percent
(50%) of the deficiency, if any.

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           This Note is secured by the Pledge Agreement and the Security and
Pledge Agreement. Upon a partial prepayment of this Note, including, without
limitation, the payment of outstanding principal on this Note with 60% of the
excess Distributions, if any, as provided above, upon the written direction of
the Maker, a pro rata portion of the Shares shall be released from the Pledge
Agreement or a pro rata portion of the OP Units shall be released from the
Security and Pledge Agreement.

           This Note is an amendment and restatement of that certain First
Amended and Restated Promissory Note in the original principal amount of
$6,604,923.75, dated as of March 11, 1996 (the "Prior Note"), delivered by Maker
to Holder. This Note does not constitute the extinguishment of the debt
evidenced by the Prior Note or the creation of a new debt, but represents a
continuation of the Prior Note as amended and restated hereby. Any amount
outstanding under the Prior Note, as of the effective date of this Note, shall
constitute an advance hereunder. The security interests and pledges granted by
Maker to Holder to secure the Prior Note continue to secure this Note.

           Within one hundred twenty (120) days of the end of Holder's fiscal
year, Maker shall furnish Holder a current personal financial statement showing
Maker's net worth.

           This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of Michigan. This Note shall be binding upon Maker and his
successors and assigns, and the benefits hereof shall inure to Holder and its
successors and assigns.

                                      MAKER:

                                      /s/ Gary A. Shiffman
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                                      GARY A. SHIFFMAN

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