The problem both of you are missing (kthought & Matuto) is that mastering is not something you can just blag your way through. It's a incredibly nuanced skillset and you have to realize that most decent mastering engineers have spend decades (yes decades) honing their craft on incredibly expensive kit to add that subtle magic in just the right way.
Mixing is a different thing; it's part of the creative process and can completely change the engineering dynamics of a track so as a producer (at least for edm) you really should be able to mix your own tracks. Even then, if a producer makes a track then sends it to someone to mix, that can be a smart decision - a good musician or producer does not a mix engineer make, and it certainly doesn't make a good mastering engineer.
This subject has been done to death on here but all you really need to take away from these discussions, is that if you *think* you can have a go at mastering your track, then that means you really don't fully understand what goes in to mastering, and that means you shouldn't even be attempting it so you answer is to not to try.
I promise you that you would know if you're up to mastering yourself.
It's like saying, "well I can cook ok, and I've got a garden so why don't I make my own wine to go with it?". Good luck.
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