A computer-based method for soliciting financing for real estate projects is implemented using a computing device including a processor communicatively coupled to a memory. The method includes identifying a project category for a real estate project based on preliminary project data provided by a project sponsor associated with the real estate project, selecting a project profile template from a plurality of project profile templates stored in the memory based on the identified project category, transmitting a set of category-specific prompts to the project sponsor based on the identified project category, receiving category-specific project data from the project sponsor, generating a project profile for the real estate project by populating the selected project profile template with the category-specific project data using the processor, and displaying the project profile to a potential investor.